Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

उद्देशतः समाख्यात एष नित्यतनो विधिः । इत्थं समाचरन्विप्रो नावसीदति कर्हिचित्

Transliteration

uddeśataḥ samākhyāta eṣa nityatano vidhiḥ | itthaṃ samācaranvipro nāvasīdati karhicit

Translation

This regimen of daily discipline has been explained in outline. A brāhmaṇa who observes it in this manner never falls into decline at any time.

Word by Word

• उद्देशतः: briefly/by way of outline
• उद्देशतः: Kriya-viseshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्देश (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; ‘-तः’ तद्धितेन (ablatival adverb) — ‘उद्देशेन/संक्षेपेण’

• समाख्यातः: has been explained
• समाख्यातः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्; ‘विधिः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्; संकेतार्थक-सर्वनाम; ‘विधिः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नित्यतनुः: constant/ever-abiding
• नित्यतनुः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—‘नित्या तनुः यस्य/यः’ (here: ‘ever-present/constant-bodied’)

• विधिः: rule/rite
• विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• इत्थम्: thus/in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriya-viseshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• समाचरन्: practising/observing
• समाचरन्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √चर् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्; ‘विप्रः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• विप्रः: a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• अवसीदति: sinks/falls into distress
• अवसीदति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √सद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• कर्हिचित्: ever/at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Kriya-viseshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हि + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative context of Dharmāraṇya instructions)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher concluding instructions to a student: palm-leaf manuscript in hand, gesture of summary; the student/brāhmaṇa stands resolute, symbolizing unwavering daily practice; background suggests a simple āśrama or household shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency in daily dharma safeguards one’s spiritual and moral steadiness, preventing decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; it concludes a section on daily observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse is a concluding assurance about the overall nityakarma regimen previously described.