Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । श्रुत्वेति स मुनिः सूत संध्योपास्त्यै विनिर्गतः । प्रणम्यौ मेयमसकृल्लोपामुद्रा समन्वितः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | śrutveti sa muniḥ sūta saṃdhyopāstyai vinirgataḥ | praṇamyau meyamasakṛllopāmudrā samanvitaḥ

Translation

วยาสะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้ฟังดังนั้น โอสุตะ ฤๅษีนั้นก็ออกไปเพื่อประกอบสันธยาอุปาสนา คือบูชายามสนธยา และเขากราบนอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า โดยมีโลปามุทราร่วมด้วย

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सूत: O Sūta
• सूत: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• संध्या: twilight (sandhyā)
• संध्या: Qualifier within compound
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, (समासपूर्वपद)

• उपास्त्यै: for worship
• उपास्त्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपास्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासोत्तरपद

• विनिर्गतः: went out
• विनिर्गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निर् + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) + ल्यप्/य (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• उ: indeed (particle)
• उ: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/metrical)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive) एकवचन; (क्वचित् दत्तिवत् प्रयोगः)

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असकृत्: repeatedly
• असकृत्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (frequency)

• लोपामुद्रा: Lopāmudrā
• लोपामुद्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोपामुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इयम्-विशेष्य (apposition)

• समन्वितः: accompanied (by)
• समन्वितः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि/अनु + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (मुनिः)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (sandhyā at the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya rises at dusk to perform sandhyā; Lopāmudrā stands beside him; both bow repeatedly with reverence before beginning worship.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Sūta
• Lopāmudrā
• Agastya (implied: 'that sage')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma highlights daily worship (sandhyā) and humility (repeated salutations) as marks of realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kāśī-māhātmya narration, though it chiefly depicts rishi conduct rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyopāsanā—twilight worship—performed at the proper time as a daily religious duty.