Shloka 42 - Adhyaya 9 - Purva Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तावत्प्रातर्जपंस्तिष्ठेद्यावदर्धोदयो रवेः । आसनस्थो जपेन्मौनी प्रत्यगातारकोदयात्

Transliteration

tāvatprātarjapaṃstiṣṭhedyāvadardhodayo raveḥ | āsanastho japenmaunī pratyagātārakodayāt

Translation

காலையில் சூரியன் அரை உதயம் அடையும் வரை ஜபத்தில் நிலைத்திருக்க வேண்டும். உரிய ஆசனத்தில் அமர்ந்து மௌனம் காத்து, காலை நட்சத்திரத்தின் உதயம் கடந்துவரும் வரை ஜபம் தொடர வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

तावत्so long; until then

प्रातःin the morning

जपन्reciting (muttering)

तिष्ठेत्should stand/remain

यावत्until

अर्धोदयःhalf-rising; half of the sunrise

रवेःof the sun

आसनस्थःseated (remaining on a seat)

जपेत्should recite

मौनीsilent; observing silence

प्रत्यगात्westward; turned back (from the east)

तारकोदयात्from the rising of the stars

Speaker

Gaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A practitioner seated on a kuśa mat at a Kāśī ghat in predawn light, mala in hand, lips closed in mauna, as the sun rises to half-height; a faint morning star fading in the sky.

Characters & Entities

Japa

Morning Sandhyā

Sun (Ravi)

Mauna (silence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practice is strengthened by precision—timely japa, posture, and silence cultivate steadiness and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa; the verse itself gives general sandhyā discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Morning japa: continue until the sun is half-risen; perform seated, in silence, observing the prescribed time-window.