Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96
Devanagari script
पञ्चमोऽथ दिनांशो यः स सायाह्न इति स्मृतः
Transliteration
pañcamo'tha dināṃśo yaḥ sa sāyāhna iti smṛtaḥ
Translation
ദിവസത്തിന്റെ അഞ്ചാം ഭാഗം തന്നെയാണ് ‘സായാഹ്നം’ (സന്ധ്യാസമയം) എന്നു സ്മൃതിയിൽ പറയപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നത്.
Word by Word
पञ्चमःthe fifth
पञ्चमः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)
दिन-अंशःa part of the day
दिन-अंशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिनस्य अंशः)
यःwhich
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम
सःthat
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सायाह्नःevening
सायाह्नः:
Pratipadyartha (Predicate nominative/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootसायाह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-नाम
इतिthus/as
इति:
Nirdeshaka (Quotative/निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
स्मृतःis called/considered
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु; कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘स्मृतः’ = called/considered
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Sun descending toward the western sea at Prabhāsa; lamps are being lit near the shrine as the priest notes the sāyāhna division, signaling transition from daytime rites to evening worship.
Characters & Entities
K
Kāla (time division)FAQs
Traditional dharma preserves a sacred map of time; naming and knowing time-divisions supports correct observance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the māhātmya teaches exact timing for rites connected with ancestors.
A formal definition of the evening segment (sāyāhna) as the fifth day-division.