Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

स्नात्वेत्थं वस्त्रमापीड्य गृह्णीयाद्धौतवाससी । आचम्य च ततः कुर्यात्प्रातःसंध्यां कुशान्वितः

Transliteration

snātvetthaṃ vastramāpīḍya gṛhṇīyāddhautavāsasī | ācamya ca tataḥ kuryātprātaḥsaṃdhyāṃ kuśānvitaḥ

Translation

ครั้นสรงน้ำดังนี้แล้ว บิดผ้าให้หมาดและนุ่งห่มผ้าที่ซักสะอาด; จากนั้นทำอาจมนะ (ācamanā) แล้วประกอบปราตะห์สันธยา (prātaḥ-sandhyā) โดยถือหญ้ากุศะไว้

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): 'एवं'

• वस्त्रम्: cloth, garment
• वस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• आपीड्य: having wrung (it)
• आपीड्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; 'आपीड्य' = 'निष्पीड्य/आपीडनं कृत्वा' (wringing)

• गृह्णीयात्: should take
• गृह्णीयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• धौतवाससी: two washed garments
• धौतवाससी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौत (धाव्/धौ-धातु, क्त) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), द्विवचन; कर्मधारयः (धौते वाससी)

• आचम्य: having sipped water
• आचम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चम् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रम-प्रदर्शक adverb): 'अनन्तरम्'

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• प्रातःसंध्याम्: the morning twilight-prayer (sandhyā)
• प्रातःसंध्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय) + सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रातःकाले सन्ध्या)

• कुशान्वितः: holding/with kuśa grass
• कुशान्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (इ-धातु/अन्वि, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुशैः अन्वितः = accompanied with kuśa)

Speaker

Deductive (contextual narrator within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kings/disciples

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, a devotee wrings out wet cloth, dons clean garments, sips water for ācamanā, then stands facing the sun holding kuśa for morning sandhyā on a riverbank.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification culminates in worship: bodily cleanliness is meant to prepare one for disciplined daily prayer (sandhyā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse outlines a standard dhārmic routine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After bathing, wear washed clothes, perform ācamana, and then do the morning sandhyā with kuśa grass.