Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

स्नानसंध्यादिहीनश्च मायावी याचते जनम् । भक्तिं करोमि परमां स च क्रुध्यति मां प्रति

Transliteration

snānasaṃdhyādihīnaśca māyāvī yācate janam | bhaktiṃ karomi paramāṃ sa ca krudhyati māṃ prati

Translation

Ohne rituelles Bad, ohne Sandhyā-Riten und dergleichen, und voller Trug, bettelte er bei den Menschen. Obwohl ich ihm höchste Bhakti erwies, wurde er mir gegenüber zornig.

Word by Word

• snānasaṃdhyādihīnaḥ: devoid of bath and sandhyā etc.
• snānasaṃdhyādihīnaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāna (स्नान) + saṃdhyā (संध्या) + ādi (आदि) + hīna (हीन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—स्नान-संध्या-आदि-हीनः (lacking bath, twilight-prayer, etc.)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• māyāvī: deceitful
• māyāvī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyāvin (मायाविन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yācate: begs/asks
• yācate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (याच्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• janam: people/a person
• janam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (जन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• bhaktim: devotion
• bhaktim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• karomi: I do
• karomi: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण to ‘bhaktim’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• krudhyati: gets angry
• krudhyati: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krudh (क्रुध्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mām: at me
• mām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• prati: towards/against
• prati: Sambandha (Directional relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (प्रति, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/कर्मप्रवचनीय (preposition-like indeclinable) governing accusative

Speaker

Unspecified female speaker (first-person ‘I’) within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deceitful mendicant-brāhmaṇa begs at doorways, unbathed and unkempt; a devotee approaches with folded hands, offering reverence, but the brāhmaṇa turns with a scowl.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer religious identity without nitya-karma and inner integrity is condemned; true devotion is met with hostility by the unrighteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative cycle in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and sandhyā observance are referenced as essential daily disciplines.