Shloka 30

Matsya Purana — Glory of Prayaga: The Fruit of the Anashaka Fast and the Merit of the Yamuna

Devanagari script

उपासते स्म संध्यां ये त्रिकालं हि युधिष्ठिर देवाः सेवन्ति तत्तीर्थं ये चान्ये विबुधा जनाः //

Transliteration

upāsate sma saṃdhyāṃ ye trikālaṃ hi yudhiṣṭhira devāḥ sevanti tattīrthaṃ ye cānye vibudhā janāḥ //

Translation

O Yudhiṣṭhira, those who worship Sandhyā at the three appointed times—indeed, the gods resort to that tīrtha, and other enlightened beings do so as well.

Word by Word

• उपासते (upāsate): worship, attend upon

• स्म (sma): indeed/assuredly (emphatic particle)

• संध्याम् (saṃdhyām): Sandhyā, the twilight prayer/rite

• ये (ye): those who

• त्रिकालम् (trikālam): at the three times (dawn, noon, dusk)

• हि (hi): indeed, certainly

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira): O Yudhiṣṭhira

• देवाः (devāḥ): the gods

• सेवन्ति (sevanti): frequent, resort to, honor by visiting

• तत्-तीर्थम् (tat-tīrtham): that tīrtha, that sacred bathing-place/pilgrimage ford

• ये (ye): who

• च (ca): and

• अन्ये (anye): other

• विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ): wise/enlightened (also “celestial”)

• जनाः (janāḥ): beings/people.

Speaker

• Suta (narrating a discourse addressed to Yudhisthira in a tirtha/vrata context)

Entities Mentioned

• Yudhisthira
• Devas
• Sandhya (Sandhya-vandana)
• Tirtha

Tags

• Tirtha-Mahatmya
• Sandhya-Vandana
• Trikala
• Dharma
• Ritual Purity

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it emphasizes daily ritual discipline (trikāla Sandhyā) and the sanctifying power of a tīrtha that even divine beings honor.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It frames trikāla Sandhyā worship as a core dharma for disciplined life—relevant to householders for daily purity and to kings for personal restraint and legitimacy through adherence to Vedic rites.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The significance is ritual: Sandhyā-vandana performed three times daily and the idea of a tīrtha as a spiritually charged site worthy of regular resort by gods and sages; no Vāstu/temple-construction rule is stated in this verse.