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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

उपास्ते यस्तु वै सन्ध्यां तस्मिंस्तीर्थे च पर्वणि । साङ्गोपाङ्गैश्चतुर्वेदैर्लभते फलमुत्तमम्

upāste yastu vai sandhyāṃ tasmiṃstīrthe ca parvaṇi | sāṅgopāṅgaiścaturvedairlabhate phalamuttamam

Mais celui qui accomplit le culte de la Sandhyā en ce tīrtha lors d’un parvan sacré obtient le fruit suprême, égal à la maîtrise des quatre Veda avec leurs aṅga et upāṅga.

उपास्तेworships/attends
उपास्ते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: but/indeed)
वैcertainly
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: certainly)
सन्ध्याम्the twilight prayer (sandhyā)
सन्ध्याम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम
तीर्थेat the tīrtha
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
पर्वणिon a festival/holy day
पर्वणि:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
साङ्गोपाङ्गैःwith the auxiliaries and subsidiary limbs
साङ्गोपाङ्गैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस-अङ्ग + उप-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); द्वन्द्वसमासः (copulative) ‘अङ्ग’+‘उपाङ्ग’; विशेषणम् चतुर्वेदैः
चतुःवेदैःby/with the four Vedas
चतुःवेदैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर् + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); द्विगुसमासः (the four Vedas)
लभतेobtains
लभते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
उत्तमम्excellent
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् फलम्-विशेषणम्

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha: Revā Śiva-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Scene: At dawn on a parvan day, a devotee stands at the river’s edge offering arghya to the rising sun, with a Śiva-liṅga shrine nearby; subtle scriptural radiance symbolizes the four Vedas surrounding him.

S
Sandhyā
C
Caturveda
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

Regular Sandhyā practice, when anchored in a powerful tīrtha and holy timing, yields extraordinary Vedic-level merit.

The unnamed tīrtha within the Revā-tīrtha narrative of Revākhaṇḍa, Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

Perform Sandhyā (twilight worship) at the tīrtha specifically on parvan (festival/holy) days.