Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

एवं ते मुनयः सर्वे विभज्य तन्महत्सरः । सायंतनं च तत्रैव कृत्वा कर्म सुविस्तरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ te munayaḥ sarve vibhajya tanmahatsaraḥ | sāyaṃtanaṃ ca tatraiva kṛtvā karma suvistaram

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ആ എല്ലാ മുനിമാരും ആ മഹാസരസ്സിനെ വിഭജിച്ച്, അവിടെയേ തന്നെ സായാഹ്നകർമ്മങ്ങൾ വിശദമായി നിർവഹിച്ചു സമാപിപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अन्वय-सर्वनाम

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Apposition to te)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; मुनयः-विशेषण

• विभज्य: having divided/allocated
• विभज्य: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + भज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सरः-विशेषण (demonstrative)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सरः-विशेषण

• सरः: lake/pond
• सरः: Karma (Object of vibhajya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सायंतनम्: evening (pertaining to evening)
• सायंतनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सायंतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण (object qualifier)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-बोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• कर्म: rite/ritual act
• कर्म: Karma (Object of kṛtvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सुविस्तरम्: very elaborately / extensive
• सुविस्तरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सु-विस्तरम् = very extensive)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide sacred lake at sunset; multiple sages occupy distinct sections along the bank, each performing sandhyā—some offering arghya, some seated in japa—creating a disciplined, harmonious ritual tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Munis
• Mahatsaras (great lake)
• Sāyaṃtana-karman (evening rites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is lived through disciplined daily rites; tīrtha-worship includes orderly ritual observance, not only travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “great lake” at the tīrtha described in Adhyāya 182 (not named in the provided verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sāyaṃtana-karman—performing the evening rites (sandhyā-related observances) at the sacred place.