Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

गोदाश्रमे त्रिसन्ध्या तु गङ्गाद्वारे रतिप्रिया । शिवचण्डे सभानन्दा नन्दिनी देविकातटे

Transliteration

godāśrame trisandhyā tu gaṅgādvāre ratipriyā | śivacaṇḍe sabhānandā nandinī devikātaṭe

Translation

ഗോദാശ്രമത്തിൽ അവൾ ത്രിസന്ധ്യ; ഗംഗാദ്വാരത്തിൽ രതിപ്രിയ. ശിവചണ്ഡത്തിൽ സഭാനന്ദാ, ദേവികാതീരത്ത് നന്ദിനീ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ആരാധ്യയാണ്.

Word by Word

• गोदाश्रमे: in the Godā-āśrama
• गोदाश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदा (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; गोदाया आश्रमः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative singular

• त्रिसन्ध्या: Trisandhyā (the goddess named ‘Three-twilight’)
• त्रिसन्ध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः; Nominative singular

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• गङ्गाद्वारे: at Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra)
• गङ्गाद्वारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; गङ्गायाः द्वारम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative singular

• रतिप्रिया: Ratipriyā (beloved of Rati)
• रतिप्रिया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; रतेः प्रिया इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Nominative singular

• शिवचण्डे: at Śivacaṇḍa (a sacred place)
• शिवचण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शिवश्चासौ चण्डः); Locative singular

• सभानन्दा: Sabhānandā (delight of the assembly)
• सभानन्दा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सभायाः आनन्दा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Nominative singular

• नन्दिनी: Nandinī
• नन्दिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• देविकातटे: on the bank of the Devikā (river)
• देविकातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देविका (प्रातिपदिक) + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; देविकायाः तटः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgādvāra (explicit); Devikā-taṭa (explicit); Godāśrama; Śivacaṇḍa

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrimage-map tableau: the Goddess appears in four vignettes—at an āśrama at dawn/noon/dusk (Trisandhyā), at Haridwar’s Ganga-gate (Ratipriyā), in a divine assembly-hall near a Śiva shrine (Sabhānandā), and on a riverbank shrine of Devikā (Nandinī).

Characters & Entities

• Godāśrama
• Gaṅgādvāra
• Śivacaṇḍa
• Devikā
• Trisandhyā
• Ratipriyā
• Sabhānandā
• Nandinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (sandhyā), rivers, and pilgrimage gateways become sacred when remembered as seats of the Goddess, aligning daily discipline with tīrtha merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgādvāra (widely identified as Haridwar), Godāśrama, Śivacaṇḍa, and the Devikā riverbank (Devikā-nadī region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trisandhyā implicitly points to sandhyā-vandana and worship at the three daily junctions; river contexts imply snāna and pūjā.