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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

आहारनीहारविहारयोगाः सुसंवृता धर्मविदानुकार्याः । वाग्बुद्धिवीर्याणि तपस्तथैव वार्तायुषी गुप्ततमे च कार्ये

Transliteration

āhāranīhāravihārayogāḥ susaṃvṛtā dharmavidānukāryāḥ | vāgbuddhivīryāṇi tapastathaiva vārtāyuṣī guptatame ca kārye

Translation

Mögen Nahrung, Ausscheidung und die leiblichen Gewohnheiten, Erholung und yogische Disziplin wohl gezügelt sein, dem Vorbild der Dharma-Kundigen folgend. Rede, Verstand und Kraft sollen beherrscht werden; übe Tapas (Askese), sprich heilsame Worte und bewahre die vertraulichsten Angelegenheiten in sicherstem Schutz.

Word by Word
āhāra-nīhāra-vihāra-yogāḥfood, excretion, recreation, and discipline (yogas)
āhāra-nīhāra-vihāra-yogāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + nīhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + vihāra (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)
su-saṃvṛtāḥwell-restrained
su-saṃvṛtāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + saṃvṛta (संवृत, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vṛ ‘to cover/guard’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) विशेषण
dharma-vit-anukāryāḥto be followed according to the knowers of dharma
dharma-vit-anukāryāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + vit (विद्, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘knower’) + anukārya (अनुकार्य, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); विशेषण—‘अनुकार्याः’ = अनुकरणीयाः (to be followed)
vākspeech
vāk:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (वाच्, प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग (member of a set)
buddhiintellect
buddhi:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग
vīryāṇistrength/energy
vīryāṇi:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Plural); ‘वाक्-बुद्धि-वīryāṇi’ इति समाहारार्थे (collective listing)
tapaḥausterity
tapaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
vārtāyuṣīconversation and lifespan
vārtāyuṣī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvārtā (प्रातिपदिक) + āyuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Dual); समाहार/युग्म (pair)
guptatamein the most secret (matter)
guptatame:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgupta-tama (प्रातिपदिक; gupta + तमप् प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular); अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
kāryein a matter/task
kārye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim’s day: simple meal, controlled recreation, seated meditation; a mentor points to a dharma-text; the pilgrim speaks gently to others and keeps a sealed palm-leaf bundle symbolizing guarded confidences.

FAQs

Dharma is sustained by restraint—control of habits, speech, mind, and power—guided by the example of the dharma-wise.

No site is named; it is a general dharma instruction.

Practice tapas (austerity), keep beneficial speech, and maintain disciplined routines of food, conduct, and recreation.

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