Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

त्रिसंध्यं पूजयामास दिव्यगंधानुलेपनैः । स्तोत्रेणानेन भक्त्या वै स्तौति नित्यं दिनाधिपम्

Transliteration

trisaṃdhyaṃ pūjayāmāsa divyagaṃdhānulepanaiḥ | stotreṇānena bhaktyā vai stauti nityaṃ dinādhipam

Translation

ในสามสันธยาแห่งวัน เขาบูชาด้วยสุคนธ์ทิพย์และเครื่องทาผิวอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์; และด้วยบทสรรเสริญนี้ เขาสรรเสริญพระสุริยเทพ ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งกลางวัน เป็นนิตย์ด้วยศรัทธาภักดี

Word by Word

• त्रिसंध्यम्: at the three sandhyās (thrice daily)
• त्रिसंध्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि-सन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + सन्ध्या)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (त्रिषु सन्ध्यासु/त्रिकालम्)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘-आमास’ प्रयोगः

• दिव्यगंधानुलेपनैः: with divine fragrances and unguents
• दिव्यगंधानुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-गन्ध-अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + गन्ध + अनुलेपन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; साधन/करणवाचक (with divine perfumes and unguents)

• स्तोत्रेण: with a hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘स्तोत्रेण’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• स्तौति: praises
• स्तौति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (always)

• दिनाधिपम्: the lord of the day (Sun)
• दिनाधिपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन-अधिप (प्रातिपदिक; दिन + अधिप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दिनस्य अधिपः) सूर्यनाम

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs trisandhyā worship facing the rising/zenith/setting sun, offering fragrant unguents and reciting a hymn; the coastal Prabhāsa landscape and temple silhouettes frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Dinādhipa, Sahasrāṁśu)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Sāmba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily devotion—aligned with sacred time (sandhyā)—purifies and restores one who seeks refuge in Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Sāmba performs disciplined tri-sandhyā worship and hymn-recitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tri-sandhyā pūjā (worship at dawn, noon, and dusk) using fragrant unguents, along with daily recitation of a Sūrya-stotra.