Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

उपास्ते यस्तु वै सन्ध्यां तस्मिंस्तीर्थे च पर्वणि । साङ्गोपाङ्गैश्चतुर्वेदैर्लभते फलमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

upāste yastu vai sandhyāṃ tasmiṃstīrthe ca parvaṇi | sāṅgopāṅgaiścaturvedairlabhate phalamuttamam

Translation

แต่ผู้ใดประกอบสันธยาอุปาสนา ณ ตฤรถะนั้นในวาระปัรวัณอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลสูงสุด—ประหนึ่งเชี่ยวชาญพระเวททั้งสี่พร้อมอังคะและอุปางคะ

Word by Word

• उपास्ते: worships/attends
• उपास्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: but/indeed)

• वै: certainly
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: certainly)

• सन्ध्याम्: the twilight prayer (sandhyā)
• सन्ध्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• पर्वणि: on a festival/holy day
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• साङ्गोपाङ्गैः: with the auxiliaries and subsidiary limbs
• साङ्गोपाङ्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अङ्ग + उप-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); द्वन्द्वसमासः (copulative) ‘अङ्ग’+‘उपाङ्ग’; विशेषणम् चतुर्वेदैः

• चतुःवेदैः: by/with the four Vedas
• चतुःवेदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); द्विगुसमासः (the four Vedas)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् फलम्-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Śiva-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on a parvan day, a devotee stands at the river’s edge offering arghya to the rising sun, with a Śiva-liṅga shrine nearby; subtle scriptural radiance symbolizes the four Vedas surrounding him.

Characters & Entities

• Sandhyā
• Caturveda
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular Sandhyā practice, when anchored in a powerful tīrtha and holy timing, yields extraordinary Vedic-level merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha within the Revā-tīrtha narrative of Revākhaṇḍa, Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Sandhyā (twilight worship) at the tīrtha specifically on parvan (festival/holy) days.