Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

येन ते चरणौ नित्यं प्रणिपत्य त्रिसंधिजम् । श्रेयः प्राप्नोम्यसंदिग्धं प्रसादः क्रियतामिति

Transliteration

yena te caraṇau nityaṃ praṇipatya trisaṃdhijam | śreyaḥ prāpnomyasaṃdigdhaṃ prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti

Translation

Afin qu’en me prosternant chaque jour à tes pieds aux trois jonctions du jour, j’obtienne sans doute le bien assuré—accorde-moi ta grâce bienveillante, dit-il.

Word by Word

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतु/साधनार्थे

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘your’

• caraṇau: (two) feet
• caraṇau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक (adverb: always)

• praṇipatya: having bowed down
• praṇipatya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• trisaṃdhijam: arising from/connected with the three sandhyās
• trisaṃdhijam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + saṃdhi + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘त्रिषु संधिषु जातम्’ (i.e., performed at the three sandhyās)

• śreyaḥ: welfare, highest good
• śreyaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prāpnomi: I attain
• prāpnomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• asaṃdigdham: undoubted, certainly
• asaṃdigdham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-saṃdigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (śreyaḥ इत्यस्य)

• prasādaḥ: grace, favor
• prasādaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be granted/done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘let it be done’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyapariccheda (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-कार (quotative particle)

Speaker

Supplicant within the narrative (identity not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gartā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee petitions: ‘By bowing at your feet daily at the three sandhyās, may I attain sure welfare; grant your favor.’

Characters & Entities

• tri-saṃdhyā (three daily sandhyā times)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent daily reverence (especially at the sandhyās) is portrayed as a sure path to śreyas through divine/saintly grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse stresses daily devotion; the immediate chapter context connects this devotion to Gartā-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bow and offer reverence at the three sandhyā times each day (tri-saṃdhyā observance).