Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

श्वेतवस्त्रपरिच्छन्ना श्वेतयज्ञोपवीतिनी । मध्याह्नसन्ध्या ध्यातव्या तरुणा भुक्तिमुक्तिदा

Transliteration

śvetavastraparicchannā śvetayajñopavītinī | madhyāhnasandhyā dhyātavyā taruṇā bhuktimuktidā

Translation

Revêtue de vêtements blancs, portant le cordon sacré blanc ; à midi, Sandhyā doit être méditée comme jeune, dispensatrice à la fois de jouissance en ce monde et de délivrance.

Word by Word

• श्वेत-वस्त्र-परिच्छन्ना: clad in white garments
• श्वेत-वस्त्र-परिच्छन्ना: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + परिच्छन्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'श्वेतैः वस्त्रैः परिच्छन्ना' (instrumental sense)

• श्वेत-यज्ञोपवीतिनी: wearing a white sacred thread
• श्वेत-यज्ञोपवीतिनी: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञोपवीतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'श्वेतं यज्ञोपवीतं यस्याः'

• मध्याह्न-सन्ध्या: the midday Sandhyā
• मध्याह्न-सन्ध्या: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'मध्याह्नस्य सन्ध्या'

• ध्यातव्या: should be meditated upon
• ध्यातव्या: Vidheyā (Predicate/Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/obligative) तव्यत्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तरुणा: youthful
• तरुणा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भुक्ति-मुक्ति-दा: giver of enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्ति-मुक्ति-दा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (itaretara) in first two members + agentive 'दा' (giver): 'भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च ददाति'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Revā Khaṇḍa narrative instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At blazing midday, Sandhyā-devī appears radiant in white garments and white sacred thread, youthful and serene; the scene is bright, clean, and heat-hazed, emphasizing purity and clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Sandhyā
• Yajñopavīta
• Bhukti
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed Sandhyā is presented as a complete path—supporting both righteous prosperity and final freedom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights the fruit of practice; the chapter setting is within the Revā-region sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditation on the midday Sandhyā with a specific white iconographic form and stated spiritual results.