Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र मध्याह्नसमये ब्रह्मणा समुपासिता । सन्ध्या त्रैलोक्यजननी प्रतिष्ठार्थं गतेन च

Transliteration

yatra madhyāhnasamaye brahmaṇā samupāsitā | sandhyā trailokyajananī pratiṣṭhārthaṃ gatena ca

Translation

Là, à l’heure de midi, Sandhyā—Mère des trois mondes—fut dûment vénérée par Brahmā, venu afin d’en établir la sainteté.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (where)

• madhyāhna-samaye: at midday time
• madhyāhna-samaye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक) + samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—मध्याह्नस्य समयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• samupāsitā: was worshipped
• samupāsitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-ās (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-तृतीया (brahmaṇā)

• sandhyā: Sandhyā (twilight goddess/rite)
• sandhyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• trailokya-jananī: mother of the three worlds
• trailokya-jananī: Viśeṣaṇa (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—त्रयाणां लोकानां जननी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• pratiṣṭhā-artham: for (her) establishment
• pratiṣṭhā-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (for the sake of establishment)

• gatena: by (him) having gone
• gatena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘गतेन’ = ‘(ब्रह्मणा) गत्वा/गतेन’—सहायक-भावः

• ca: and
• ca: Nipata (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-kuṇḍa (associated with Sandhyā-pratiṣṭhā)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a serene pond under the high sun, Brahmā sits on a lotus-seat performing madhyāhna worship to Sandhyā Devī, envisioned as a radiant motherly goddess embodying the three worlds; arghya water arcs into the pond; the place glows with established sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sandhyā (Trailokya-jananī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is affirmed by divine precedent: even Brahmā worships Sandhyā there, making the place ritually authoritative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-kuṇḍa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of Sandhyā at a specific time (midday) is highlighted, echoing the importance of Sandhyā-related observances.