Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नियमव्रतसं पन्नैः समाकीर्णं तपस्विभिः । दीक्षितैर्यागहेतोश्च यताहारैः कृतात्मभिः

Transliteration

niyamavratasaṃ pannaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ tapasvibhiḥ | dīkṣitairyāgahetośca yatāhāraiḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ

Translation

Er war erfüllt von Asketen, die Zucht und Gelübde trugen—als Dīkṣitas zum Zwecke des Yajña geweiht—selbstbeherrscht, in der Nahrung gezügelt und ihrer selbst mächtig.

Word by Word

• नियमव्रतसंपन्नैः: by those endowed with disciplines and vows
• नियमव्रतसंपन्नैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्√पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘नियमव्रत’ (द्वन्द्व/समाहार-भाव) + ‘संपन्न’ क्तान्त; विशेषण तपस्विभिः/दीक्षितैः-विशेषण

• समाकीर्णम्: thronged, crowded
• समाकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + आ (उपसर्ग) + √कॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्तान्त (PPP)

• तपस्विभिः: by ascetics
• तपस्विभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• दीक्षितैः: by the initiated
• दीक्षितैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √दिक्ष् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• यागहेतोः: for the sake of sacrifice
• यागहेतोः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याग (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; हेतौ-षष्ठी (genitive expressing purpose/cause)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यताहारैः: with regulated diet
• यताहारैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत (प्रातिपदिक) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (तपस्विभिः/दीक्षितैः)-विशेषण; ‘यतः आहारः येषाम्’

• कृतात्मभिः: self-controlled
• कृतात्मभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + क्त) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (तपस्विभिः/दीक्षितैः)-विशेषण; ‘कृतात्मन्’ = जितेन्द्रिय/संयतचित्त

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmāśrama

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Groups of initiated ascetics preparing for sacrifice—some seated in meditation, others tending ritual implements; simple regulated meals; faces calm and self-possessed, conveying ‘kṛtātmā’.

Characters & Entities

• Tapasvins
• Dīkṣitas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline, vows, and self-restraint are portrayed as the inner foundations that make sacred places spiritually luminous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Brahmāśrama setting near Himavat, whose sanctity is shown through the residents’ disciplined life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā (initiation) undertaken for yāga (sacrificial rites), along with practices of niyama, vrata, and regulated diet.