Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 67

Slaying of Andhaka; Hymn to the Sun; Glory of Brahmins; Gayatri Nyasa and Pranayama

Devanagari script

यः प्रातः सायमिदं मध्याह्ने वा पठेच्च दीप्तांशोः । सालोक्यं याति रवेः प्राप्नोति धर्मार्थकामांश्च

Transliteration

yaḥ prātaḥ sāyamidaṃ madhyāhne vā paṭhecca dīptāṃśoḥ | sālokyaṃ yāti raveḥ prāpnoti dharmārthakāmāṃśca

Translation

Sinumang bumigkas nito sa umaga, sa gabi, o sa katanghaliang-tapat, ay makakamit ang pakikipanahan sa kaharian ng maningning na Araw (Ravi), at matatamo rin ang dharma, artha, at kāma.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of time

• sāyam: in the evening
• sāyam: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāyam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of time

• idam: this (hymn/this text)
• idam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• madhyāhne: at midday
• madhyāhne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), disjunctive ‘or’

• paṭhet: should recite/read
• paṭhet: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/Optative), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• dīptāṃśoḥ: of the radiant one (Sun)
• dīptāṃśoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīptāṃśu (दीप्त + अंशु) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: dīptaḥ aṃśuḥ ‘bright-rayed’

• sālokyam: residence in the same world (salokya)
• sālokyam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sālokya (स + आलोक्य) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: sa- ‘with’ + loka ‘world’ → ‘same world’

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• raveḥ: of the Sun
• raveḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• prāpnoti: obtains
• prāpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prā√āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• dharma-artha-kāmān: dharma, wealth, and desires (the three aims)
• dharma-artha-kāmān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + artha + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural (बहुवचन); Itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व) enumerating three aims

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Speaker

Unspecified (phalaśruti-style statement within the narration of Adhyaya 46)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सायमिदं → सायम् + इदम्; पठेच्च → पठेत् + च; धर्मार्थकामांश्च → धर्म- अर्थ- कामान् + च.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What spiritual result is promised by this verse?

It promises sālokya—dwelling in the same realm as Ravi (the Sun deity)—for one who recites the passage at prescribed times.

Why are morning, midday, and evening specified?

These are traditional daily junctions (times of disciplined practice) associated with regular recitation and worship, especially in rites connected with the Sun.

What is the ethical or practical teaching here?

Regular, time-disciplined recitation is presented as a means to align life with dharma while also supporting worldly well-being (artha) and legitimate desires (kāma).