Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

नियतो नियताहारो ददद्दानानि भूरिशः । राज्ये पुत्रं प्रतिष्ठाप्य वसुं सत्यपराक्रमम्

Transliteration

niyato niyatāhāro dadaddānāni bhūriśaḥ | rājye putraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya vasuṃ satyaparākramam

Translation

كان ضابطًا لنفسه، معتدلًا في طعامه، يفيض بالعطايا والصدقات. وبعد أن أقام ابنه فاسو—ذا البأس الصادق—على العرش، مضى في سبيله.

Word by Word

• नियतः: restrained; disciplined
• नियतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √यम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the king)

• नियताहारः: of regulated diet
• नियताहारः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत-आहार (प्रातिपदिक; नियत + आहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘नियतः आहारः यस्य’ इति कर्मधारय-समासः; विशेषण

• ददत्: giving
• ददत्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• दानानि: gifts; charities
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• भूरिशः: abundantly; in plenty
• भूरिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb), प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed; having established
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), उपसर्गः ‘प्रति-’; कारण/पूर्वक्रिया

• वसुम्: Vasu (proper name)
• वसुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम)

• सत्यपराक्रमम्: of true valor; truly valiant
• सत्यपराक्रमम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + पराक्रम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; ‘वसुम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Pulastya (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience within the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king crowns his son Vasu on the throne; then, in simple attire, he departs with a staff and water-pot, distributing gifts along the way; contrast between court opulence and pilgrim austerity.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Vasu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is supported by self-discipline and responsible kingship—dharma in the world and dharma on the road are harmonized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse prepares the journey; the specific tīrtha glorification follows in the Arbuda episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niyama (restraint), niyatāhāra (regulated diet), and dāna (charity) as accompanying disciplines of tīrtha-yātrā.