Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु प्रस्थितः पुष्करं प्रति । संध्यार्थं पद्मजो यावद्वसिष्ठस्तावदब्रवीत्

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu prasthitaḥ puṣkaraṃ prati | saṃdhyārthaṃ padmajo yāvadvasiṣṭhastāvadabravīt

Translation

まさにその時、蓮華より生まれし者（ブラフマー）がサンディヤーの儀のためプシュカラへ向けて出立すると、ヴァシシュタが彼に語りかけた。

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘kāle’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• prasthitaḥ: having set out
• prasthitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-sthā (धातु; √sthā) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (having set out)

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara
• puṣkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; गमनस्य कर्म

• prati: towards
• prati: Sambandha (Directional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद (preposition) + द्वितीया; ‘towards’

• saṃdhyārtham: for the Sandhyā (rite)
• saṃdhyārtham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā-artha (प्रातिपदिक; संध्या + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (accusative of purpose)

• padmajaḥ: Padmaja (Brahmā)
• padmajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma-ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yāvat: while
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सहसंबन्ध (as long as/while)

• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tāvat: then
• tāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सहसंबन्ध (then/just then)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara / Tripuṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the very moment Brahmā sets out toward Puṣkara for Sandhyā, Vasiṣṭha calls out—his words poised to alter the course of divine travel.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmaja)
• Puṣkara
• Vasiṣṭha
• Sandhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings honor time-bound rites, and sages guide the proper ordering of duties.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is named as the destination for Sandhyā worship, within the broader Tripuṣkara glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyā worship performed at the appropriate time is implied as an obligatory rite.