Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
पूर्वोक्तानां तु सर्वेषां नियमानां फलं लभेत्
Transliteration
pūrvoktānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ niyamānāṃ phalaṃ labhet
Translation
One obtains the fruit of all the disciplines that were stated earlier.
Word by Word
pūrvoktānāmof the previously stated
pūrvoktānām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva + ukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter) — विशेषण (adjectival)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (contrastive/emphatic)
sarveṣāmof all
sarveṣām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — विशेषण
niyamānāmof the observances/rules
niyamānām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootniyama (नियम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
phalamthe fruit/result
phalam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (फल-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
labhetmay obtain
labhet:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√labh (लभ् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A concluding gesture by the narrator—raised hand of assurance—while listeners bow; a subtle radiance suggesting ‘phala’ (merit) accruing.
Characters & Entities
N
NiyamaFAQs
Dharma practiced as disciplined observance yields definite spiritual results (phala).
No single tīrtha is named in this line; it summarizes the promised merit within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.
It affirms the attainment of merit from the previously described niyamas.
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