Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स्वस्था जातास्तदा सर्वे द्विजा हर्षपरायणाः । काजेशादीनुपासंते दिवारात्रौ हि संध्ययोः

Transliteration

svasthā jātāstadā sarve dvijā harṣaparāyaṇāḥ | kājeśādīnupāsaṃte divārātrau hi saṃdhyayoḥ

Translation

ତେବେ ସମସ୍ତ ଦ୍ୱିଜ ସ୍ୱସ୍ଥ ଓ ସନ୍ତୁଷ୍ଟ ହୋଇ ହର୍ଷରେ ଲୀନ ହେଲେ। ସେମାନେ ପ୍ରାତଃ-ସାୟଂ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟାବେଳେ, ଦିନ-ରାତି କାଜେଶ ଆଦି ଦେବତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରୁଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• स्वस्थाः: healthy/at ease
• स्वस्थाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• जाताः: became
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; जन् धातु + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतार्थे (predicate participle: 'became')

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• द्विजाः: the twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• हर्षपरायणाः: devoted to joy/filled with delight
• हर्षपरायणाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• काजेशादीन्: Kājeśa and others
• काजेशादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काजेश + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म (object of उपासन्ते)

• उपासन्ते: worship/attend upon
• उपासन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवारात्रौ: day and night
• दिवारात्रौ: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverbial: 'day and night')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• संध्ययोः: at the two twilight times (morning and evening)
• संध्ययोः: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) द्विवचन (dual); अधिकरण (locative of time: 'at the two twilights')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn and dusk, dvijas with water vessels and kuśa sit facing a shrine/linga of Kājeśa; lamps glow at evening; the community stands behind in reverence; the sky shows twilight hues.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija
• Kājeśa
• Sandhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sandhyā worship anchors joy and well-being; disciplined daily devotion sustains both person and place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where twilight worship is portrayed as a living, communal norm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyā-time upāsanā (worship at dawn and dusk), directed toward Kājeśa and associated divine forms.