Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

य एतेन महादेवि द्वे संध्येऽस्तमनोदये । नागरार्कं तु संस्तौति स लभेद्वांछितं फलम्

Transliteration

ya etena mahādevi dve saṃdhye'stamanodaye | nāgarārkaṃ tu saṃstauti sa labhedvāṃchitaṃ phalam

Translation

ഹേ മഹാദേവി! ഈ സ്തവംകൊണ്ട് രണ്ടു സന്ധ്യകളിൽ—സൂര്യാസ്തമയത്തും സൂര്യോദയത്തും—നാഗരാർകനെ സ്തുതിക്കുന്നവൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• एतेन: by this (hymn)
• एतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (agreeing with संध्ये)

• संध्ये: twilights (junction-times)
• संध्ये: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन

• अस्तमनोदये: at sunset and sunrise
• अस्तमनोदये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्तमन (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (अस्तमनश्च उदयश्च)

• नागरार्कम्: Nāgarārka (the Sun so named / the hymn-title)
• नागरार्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सम्भाव्य (नागरः अर्कः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• संस्तौति: praises
• संस्तौति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वाञ्छितम्: desired
• वाञ्छितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वाञ्छ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of फलम्)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgarārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Diptych scene: left panel sunrise—devotee offering arghya and chanting; right panel sunset—same devotee reciting the hymn; Surya’s color shifts from gold to crimson; Prabhāsa shoreline/temple silhouette in background.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Nāgarārka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotion aligned with sacred times (sandhyā) is taught as a disciplined path that ripens into fulfilled aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgarārka in Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the focal sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise/recitation of the Nāgarārka hymn at both sandhyās—sunrise and sunset.