Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रतिज्ञातं महाराज ब्रह्मणाऽव्यक्तजन्मना । यावत्स्थास्ये नृलोकेऽस्मिंस्तावत्सन्ध्यां त्रिपुष्करे । वंदयिष्यामि संप्राप्ते संध्याकाले समाहितः

Transliteration

pratijñātaṃ mahārāja brahmaṇā'vyaktajanmanā | yāvatsthāsye nṛloke'smiṃstāvatsandhyāṃ tripuṣkare | vaṃdayiṣyāmi saṃprāpte saṃdhyākāle samāhitaḥ

Translation

Muôn tâu Đại vương, Brahmā—Đấng có sự sinh khởi vi tế khó thấy—đã phát nguyện: “Chừng nào Ta còn ở cõi người này, chừng ấy tại Tripuṣkara, đúng thời khắc, Ta sẽ chí thành lễ bái Sandhyā với tâm chuyên nhất.”

Word by Word

• pratijñātam: promised
• pratijñātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-jñā (धातु; √jñā) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘promised/declared’ (past passive participle)

• mahārāja: O great king
• mahārāja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-rāja (प्रातिपदिक; महा + राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृकरणभावे

• avyaktajanmanā: whose birth is unmanifest
• avyaktajanmanā: Kartr (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyakta-janman (प्रातिपदिक; अ + व्यक्त + जन्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘brahmaṇā’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; बहुव्रीहिः = whose birth is unmanifest

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सहसंबन्ध (correlative: as long as)

• sthāsye: I shall remain
• sthāsye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• nṛloke: in the world of men
• nṛloke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ-loka (प्रातिपदिक; नृ + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘nṛloke’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सहसंबन्ध (so long/that long)

• sandhyām: the twilight prayer (Sandhyā)
• sandhyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; वन्दनक्रियायाः कर्म

• tripuṣkare: at Tripuṣkara
• tripuṣkare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vandayiṣyāmi: I shall worship/salute
• vandayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vand (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saṃprāpte: when (it has) arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-prāp (धातु; √āp/√prāp) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘saṃdhyākāle’ इत्यस्मिन् सति (locative absolute sense: when attained)

• saṃdhyākāle: at the time of twilight
• saṃdhyākāle: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā-kāla (प्रातिपदिक; संध्या + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (time-locative)

• samāhitaḥ: composed, concentrated
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु; √dhā) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (describing the speaker: composed/collected)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tripuṣkara Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahārāja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā declares a solemn vow: as long as he remains in the human realm, he will worship Sandhyā at Tripuṣkara at the proper time, mind fully gathered.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tripuṣkara
• Sandhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadiness in daily sacred duty (Sandhyā worship) is upheld as a divine vow, especially when performed at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Tripuṣkara, presented as a sacred setting for Sandhyā worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Sandhyā worship at the proper twilight time with a focused, composed mind.