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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

गृहाद्बहुगुणा यस्मात्संध्या बहिरुपासिता । गायत्र्यभ्यासमात्रोपि वरं विप्रो जितेंद्रियः

Transliteration

gṛhādbahuguṇā yasmātsaṃdhyā bahirupāsitā | gāyatryabhyāsamātropi varaṃ vipro jiteṃdriyaḥ

Translation

家の外で修するサンディヤー（Sandhyā）の礼拝は、家内で行うものより功徳が幾倍も大きい。ゆえに、ただガーヤトリー（Gāyatrī）を修習するだけでも、感官を制したブラーフマナが行うなら、いっそう勝れている。

Word by Word
गृहात्from the house
गृहात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
बहु-गुणाmany-times more meritorious
बहु-गुणा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (saṃdhyā-विशेषण)
यस्मात्because (from which reason)
यस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
संध्याthe Sandhyā (twilight worship)
संध्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
बहिःoutside
बहिः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
उपासिताworshipped/performed
उपासिता:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आस् (धातु) → उपासित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (saṃdhyā) ‘is worshipped/performed’
गायत्री-अभ्यास-मात्राmere practice of the Gāyatrī
गायत्री-अभ्यास-मात्रा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रधान): ‘गायत्र्याः अभ्यासः’ + ‘मात्र’ = ‘only the practice of Gāyatrī’
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
वरम्better
वरम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Predicate complement/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)
विप्रःa Brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
जित-इन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses
जित-इन्द्रियः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जि धातु) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘यस्य इन्द्रियाणि जितानि सः’
Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-ghāṭa sandhyā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A self-controlled brāhmaṇa stands outside his home at dawn, facing the river, performing sandhyā with kuśa grass and water-vessel; the city of Kāśī and ghāṭas glow in early light.

Characters & Entities
S
Sandhyā
G
Gāyatrī
V
Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

Rituals bear their highest fruit when supported by self-restraint; discipline elevates even simple Gāyatrī practice.

The broader context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, emphasizing dharmic conduct within the sacred city.

Perform Sandhyā worship outside the home and maintain Gāyatrī japa with sense-control.

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