Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

नांघ्री प्रतापयेदग्नौ न वस्तु अशुचि क्षिपेत् । प्राणिहिंसां न कुर्वीत नाश्नीयात्संध्य योर्द्वयोः

Transliteration

nāṃghrī pratāpayedagnau na vastu aśuci kṣipet | prāṇihiṃsāṃ na kurvīta nāśnīyātsaṃdhya yordvayoḥ

Translation

Huwag painitin ang mga paa sa banal na apoy, ni magtapon dito ng anumang marumi. Huwag manakit ng mga nilalang. At huwag kumain sa alinman sa dalawang sandhyā, sa bukang-liwayway at sa dapithapon.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• aṃghrī: (one’s) two feet
• aṃghrī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃghri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (dual)

• pratāpayet: should warm
• pratāpayet: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati + tap (तप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should heat/warm’

• agnau: in fire
• agnau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• vastu: a thing/object
• vastu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• aśuci: impure
• aśuci: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘vastu’)

• kṣipet: should throw
• kṣipet: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (क्षिप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should throw’

• prāṇi-hiṃsām: harm to living beings
• prāṇi-hiṃsām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin + hiṃsā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (प्राणिनां हिंसा)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kurvīta: should do
• kurvīta: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should do’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• aśnīyāt: should eat
• aśnīyāt: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aś (अश् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should eat’

• saṃdhyayoḥ: of the two twilight times
• saṃdhyayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन

• dvayoḥ: of the two
• dvayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Brāhma Khaṇḍa / Dharmāraṇya instructional context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At twilight in a forest āśrama, a homa fire burns; a devotee keeps respectful distance, hands raised in prayer; nearby animals are unharmed; the sky shows the liminal glow of dawn/dusk, signaling sandhyā discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Saṃdhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for sacred forces (Agni), purity in conduct, and ahiṃsā are essential supports for daily dharma—especially around the sanctifying saṃdhyā times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a Dharmāraṇya code of conduct rather than naming a single tīrtha; it supports the sanctity of Dharmāraṇya by prescribing purity and saṃdhyā discipline for those dwelling in/visiting the sacred forest-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do not eat at the two saṃdhyās (dawn and dusk), maintain ritual purity around Agni (do not warm feet at it; do not cast impure items into it), and uphold ahiṃsā toward living beings.