Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

संध्यावन्दनपूर्वाणि नित्यकर्माणि चाकरोत् । ततः पूजां विधातुं स हरेः समुपचक्रमे

Transliteration

saṃdhyāvandanapūrvāṇi nityakarmāṇi cākarot | tataḥ pūjāṃ vidhātuṃ sa hareḥ samupacakrame

Translation

സന്ധ്യാവന്ദനം മുതലായ നിത്യകർമ്മങ്ങൾ അദ്ദേഹം നിർവഹിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് ഹരിയുടെ പൂജാവിധി നടത്താൻ അദ്ദേഹം ആരംഭിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• संध्यावन्दनपूर्वाणि: preceded by the sandhyā-prayer
• संध्यावन्दनपूर्वाणि: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संध्यावन्दन-पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक; संध्या + वन्दन + पूर्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (संध्यावन्दनं पूर्वं येषाम्)

• नित्यकर्माणि: daily duties/rites
• नित्यकर्माणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य-कर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (नित्यं कर्म)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्—समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• अकरोत्: performed/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्—तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: thereafter/from that)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विधातुम्: to perform/arrange
• विधातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); उपसर्गः—वि

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• समुपचक्रमे: began/undertook
• समुपचक्रमे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्सभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी; उपसर्गाः—सम्, उप

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Morning after snāna: devotee on the bank performing sandhyā—arghya to the sun, yajñopavīta visible, water-pot beside; then turning toward a Viṣṇu altar to begin pūjā preparations.

Characters & Entities

• Sandhyā-vandana
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion is grounded in dharma: daily obligatory rites support and sanctify personal deity-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Dharmapuṣkariṇī (the continuing narrative locus), where the worship is undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Sandhyā-vandana and other nitya-karmas first, then commence Hari’s pūjā.