Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततो भुक्त्वा स्वयं रामो लक्ष्मणेन समन्वितः । सायाह्ने समनुप्राप्ते संध्याकार्यं विधाय च

Transliteration

tato bhuktvā svayaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇena samanvitaḥ | sāyāhne samanuprāpte saṃdhyākāryaṃ vidhāya ca

Translation

Puis Rāma mangea lui-même, accompagné de Lakṣmaṇa. Quand le soir advint, il accomplit aussi les rites prescrits de la sandhyā.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक/sequence adverb)

• bhuktvā: having eaten
• bhuktvā: Sambandha (पूर्वकाल/preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + bhuktvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्वकर्तृत्वबोधक/emphatic adverb)

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• lakṣmaṇena: with Lakshmana
• lakṣmaṇena: Sahakāraka (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• samanvitaḥ: accompanied
• samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + anu + √i (धातु) + samanvita (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'युक्त/समेत'

• sāyāhne: in the evening
• sāyāhne: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāya + ahna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सायं + अह्नः), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative singular)

• samanuprāpte: when (it) had arrived
• samanuprāpte: Sambandha (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + anu + √prāp (धातु) + samanuprāpta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• saṃdhyākāryam: the twilight duty (sandhyā rites)
• saṃdhyākāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संध्यायाः कार्यम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vidhāya: having performed
• vidhāya: Sambandha (पूर्वकाल/preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi + √dhā (धातु) + vidhāya (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (unspecified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa finish a simple meal; dusk descends; Rāma performs sandhyā—standing or seated facing the proper direction, with water vessel, calm posture, and twilight sky.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• sandhyā (twilight rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in travel and sacred journeys, daily dharma—especially sandhyā worship—should not be neglected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the exact site is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of sandhyā-kārya (twilight worship/duty), commonly understood as sandhyā-vandana.