Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

प्रातःसध्याकरोम्येव सदोंकारनिकेतने । तत्रैकापि कृता संध्या सर्वपातककृंतनी

Transliteration

prātaḥsadhyākaromyeva sadoṃkāraniketane | tatraikāpi kṛtā saṃdhyā sarvapātakakṛṃtanī

Translation

Au matin, j’accomplis la sandhyā dans la demeure toujours présente d’Oṃkāra. Une seule sandhyā accomplie là tranche tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: 'in the morning')

• संध्या: sandhyā worship
• संध्या: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (understood with करोमि; feminine accusative singular)

• करोमि: I do / I perform
• करोमि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• एव: indeed / only
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• सद्: in the true/holy
• सद्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter locative singular; qualifying निकेतने)

• ओंकारनिकेतने: in the abode of Oṃkāra
• ओंकारनिकेतने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार + निकेतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ओंकारस्य निकेतनम्) (neuter locative singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location adjunct/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: 'there')

• एका: one
• एका: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine nominative singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: 'even/also')

• कृता: performed
• कृता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भूतकर्म (past passive participle: 'done')

• संध्या: sandhyā (worship)
• संध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• सर्वपातककृंतनी: the cutter-off of all sins
• सर्वपातककृंतनी: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + कृंतनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वाणि पातकानि कृन्तति इति) (feminine nominative singular adjective)

Speaker

Śiva (probable due to first-person ‘I perform’; within Kāśī shrine-ritual catalog)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāra-niketana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dawn light over Kāśī: a small shrine marked by the symbol Oṃ, a devotee seated with kuśa grass, performing arghya toward the rising sun, with temple spire silhouettes and faint Ganga mist.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃkāra-niketana
• Sandhyā
• Pātaka (sins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular worship (sandhyā) becomes extraordinarily purifying when performed at Kāśī’s Oṃkāra-related sacred seat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘Oṃkāra-niketana’ in Kāśī—an Oṃkāra/Śiva locus associated with potent purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Morning sandhyā at the Oṃkāra-niketana; even one performance is said to destroy all sins.