Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

यः करोति द्विजस्तस्या दक्षिणां दिशमाश्रितः । सन्ध्योपासनमेकं तु स्वपत्न्या क्षिपितैर्जलैः

Transliteration

yaḥ karoti dvijastasyā dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritaḥ | sandhyopāsanamekaṃ tu svapatnyā kṣipitairjalaiḥ

Translation

اگر کوئی دِوِج (دو بار جنما) مرد اُس کے جنوبی پہلو میں بیٹھ کر اپنی ہی زوجہ کے چھڑکے ہوئے پانی سے صرف ایک بار بھی سندھیا کی عبادت کرے،

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• dvijaḥ: a twice-born (Brahmin)
• dvijaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasyāḥ: of her/that (f.)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• dakṣiṇām: southern
• dakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• diśam: direction
• diśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (दिश् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• āśritaḥ: having resorted to, situated in
• āśritaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-śri (आश्रि धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—dvijaḥ इति

• sandhyā-upāsanam: worship of the twilight (sandhyā)
• sandhyā-upāsanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + upāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sandhyāyāḥ upāsanam)

• ekam: one (single)
• ekam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण—upāsanam इति

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• sva-patnyā: by (his) own wife
• sva-patnyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (svasya patnyā)

• kṣipitaiḥ: thrown, cast
• kṣipitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣip (क्षिप् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण—jalaiḥ इति

• jalaiḥ: with waters
• jalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Chamatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘brāhmaṇasattamāḥ’ in the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija at twilight stands on the southern side of his wife; she gently sprinkles sanctified water as he begins sandhyopāsanā—riverbank or temple-precinct ambience, lamps just being lit.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily dharma (sandhyā worship) becomes especially fruitful when performed at a sacred site with disciplined ritual intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya locale associated with Sāvitrī and her southern side/aspect.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing one sandhyopāsana while situated to the south, using water sprinkled by one’s wife.