Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सदाचारा जनपदा ईतिव्याधिविवर्जिताः । हृष्टपुष्टजनाः सर्वे सदानंदाः सदोद्यताः

Transliteration

sadācārā janapadā ītivyādhivivarjitāḥ | hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāḥ sarve sadānaṃdāḥ sadodyatāḥ

Translation

Die Städte und Landstriche waren von guter Lebensführung, frei von Unheil und Krankheit. Alle Menschen waren heiter und wohlgenährt — stets voller Freude und stets tatkräftig.

Word by Word

• सदाचाराः: of good conduct
• सदाचाराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्/सदा + आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सदाचारः’ = good conduct

• जनपदाः: the people/regions
• जनपदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ईति: calamity
• ईति: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग); ‘उपद्रव/महामारी’

• व्याधि: disease
• व्याधि: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• विवर्जिताः: devoid of
• विवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + वर्ज् (धातु) → विवर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वर्जिताः’ = free from

• हृष्टपुष्टजनाः: people joyful and well-nourished
• हृष्टपुष्टजनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + पुष्ट + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘हृष्टाश्च पुष्टाश्च जनाः’ (समाहार-विशेषण)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सदानन्दाः: always happy
• सदानन्दाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदा + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सदा’ (अव्यय) + ‘आनन्द’ = always joyful

• सदोद्यताः: always energetic/ready
• सदोद्यताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदा + उद्यत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सदा’ + ‘उद्यत’ = always active/ready

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bustling yet harmonious town: clean streets, healthy citizens with bright faces, granaries full, physicians idle, no signs of sickness or distress; people engaged in work and worship with cheerful energy.

Characters & Entities

• Janapada (communities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous living is depicted as producing collective welfare—health, safety, and contentment in society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) uses this idealized description to magnify the sacred setting and its dhārmic aura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes societal conditions rather than a specific ritual.