Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

नामानीमानि यो मर्त्यश्चतुःषष्टिं दिनेदिने । जपेत्त्रिसंध्यं तस्येह दुष्टबाधा प्रशाम्यति

Transliteration

nāmānīmāni yo martyaścatuḥṣaṣṭiṃ dinedine | japettrisaṃdhyaṃ tasyeha duṣṭabādhā praśāmyati

Translation

ผู้ใดเป็นมนุษย์สวดนามทั้งหกสิบสี่นี้ทุกวัน ในสามสันธยา (เช้า เที่ยง เย็น) ผู้นั้นในชาตินี้เอง อุปัทวะจากอำนาจอันชั่วร้ายย่อมสงบลง

Word by Word

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्म/विषय (object/topic)

• इमानि: these
• इमानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

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

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुःषष्टिम्: sixty-four (times)
• चतुःषष्टिम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुः + षष्टि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (षष्टि-शब्द), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे पुनरुक्ति (idiom: day by day)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिसंध्यम्: at the three sandhyās (thrice daily)
• त्रिसंध्यम्: Kala-Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative: at the three junctions)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Desha-Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• दुष्टबाधा: evil affliction
• दुष्टबाधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट + बाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• प्रशाम्यति: subsides/is pacified
• प्रशाम्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on a Kāśī ghāṭa at dawn, noon, and dusk, counting japa while the city’s temples and lamps frame a protective aura; unseen malevolent forces retreat.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yoginīs
• Tri-sandhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined daily practice—especially at sandhyā times—brings tangible protection and steadiness by aligning one with sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred setting of this instruction within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the sixty-four names every day at the three sandhyās (morning, midday, evening) as japa for pacifying harmful afflictions.