Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

एवं जपन्नरो मंत्रं त्रिसंध्यं नियतः शुचिः । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति

Transliteration

evaṃ japannaro maṃtraṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ | mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Translation

നിയമനിഷ്ഠനായി ശുചിയായി, പ്രഭാതം–മധ്യാഹ്നം–സന്ധ്യ എന്ന ത്രിസന്ധ്യകളിൽ ഈ മന്ത്രം ജപിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനായി സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• जपन्: reciting
• जपन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; परस्मैपदी धातु

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्रिसन्ध्यम्: at the three daily junctions (dawn/noon/dusk)
• त्रिसन्ध्यम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial): त्रिषु सन्ध्यासु (at the three sandhyās)

• नियतः: disciplined; restrained
• नियतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + यम् (धातु) → नियत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शुचिः: pure; clean
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• स्वर्गलोकम्: the heavenly world
• स्वर्गलोकम्: Karma (Goal-object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य लोकम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Triptych-like depiction of the same devotee chanting at sunrise, midday, and sunset; each panel shows changing sky colors; a small cow-shed or cows nearby indicates the mantra’s go-context.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, disciplined mantra-japa done with purity brings inner cleansing and freedom from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chanting the mantra at the three sandhyā times—dawn, noon, and dusk—while maintaining restraint and cleanliness.