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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

पाखंडैः पतितैः सार्धं तस्मिन्नहनि नालपेत् । भक्षयित्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ प्रभाते दन्तधावनम् । मंत्रेणानेन पश्चाच्च कर्तव्यो नियमो नृप

Transliteration

pākhaṃḍaiḥ patitaiḥ sārdhaṃ tasminnahani nālapet | bhakṣayitvā nṛpaśreṣṭha prabhāte dantadhāvanam | maṃtreṇānena paścācca kartavyo niyamo nṛpa

Translation

An jenem Tag soll man weder mit Häretikern noch mit Gefallenen sprechen. Nachdem man zur rechten Zeit gegessen hat, o bester der Könige, soll man am Morgen die Zähne reinigen; danach, o König, hat man die Disziplin (niyama) mit diesem Mantra zu übernehmen.

Word by Word
पाखण्डैःwith heretics
पाखण्डैः:
सह/सहकारक (Association)
TypeNoun
Rootपाखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
पतितैःwith the fallen (degenerate)
पतितैः:
सह/सहकारक (Association)
TypeNoun
Rootपतित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
सार्धम्together with
सार्धम्:
सह (Association marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसार्धम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, सहार्थक-उपपद (indeclinable used with instrumental: ‘together with’)
तस्मिन्on that
तस्मिन्:
अधिकरण (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे रूपम्
अहनिday
अहनि:
अधिकरण (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
नnot
न:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation particle)
आलपेत्should speak (with)
आलपेत्:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + लप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्
भक्षयित्वाhaving eaten
भक्षयित्वा:
पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभक्ष् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (prior action)
नृपश्रेष्ठO best of kings
नृपश्रेष्ठ:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
प्रभातेin the morning
प्रभाते:
अधिकरण (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
दन्तधावनम्tooth-cleaning
दन्तधावनम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त + धावन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
मन्त्रेणwith a mantra
मन्त्रेण:
करण (Means)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
अनेनwith this
अनेन:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-विशेषण, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे रूपम्; मन्त्रेण इति विशेष्ये
पश्चात्afterwards
पश्चात्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
कर्तव्यःto be done; must be observed
कर्तव्यः:
विधेय (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नियमः इति विशेष्ये
नियमःrule; observance
नियमः:
कर्ता/विषय (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनियम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
नृपO king
नृप:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puraścaraṇa Saptamī

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rohitāśva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined vrata morning: the devotee avoids impure company, performs dantadhāvana at dawn, then begins the vow with mantra, seated facing the rising Sun.

FAQs

Vrata is upheld by ācāra—purity of company, speech restraint, and disciplined routine support inner purification.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse provides vrata-day conduct within the māhātmya context.

Do not converse with pāṣaṇḍas/patitās on that day; perform morning tooth-cleaning; then undertake the niyama using the stated mantra.

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