Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्तु नियमं कुर्याद्वासुदेवपरायणः । पूर्वोक्तानां च सर्वेषां नियमानां द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tatastu niyamaṃ kuryādvāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ | pūrvoktānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ niyamānāṃ dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Then, devoted to Vāsudeva, one should undertake that discipline—O best of the twice-born—together with all the observances that have been stated earlier.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'ततः' = thereafter

• tu: indeed/then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) — emphasis/contrast

• niyamam: rule/observance
• niyamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to Vāsudeva
• vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वāsudevasya parāyaṇaḥ)

• pūrvoktānām: of the previously stated
• pūrvoktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrvokta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• niyamānām: of the observances
• niyamānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• dvijottamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvijottamāḥ: Sambodhana (Addressed/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—'श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः'

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija audience (addressed as ‘dvijottamāḥ’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, after morning rites, turns inward in Vāsudeva devotion, preparing to follow the full set of earlier-mentioned observances; a Viṣṇu shrine or tulasī altar is central.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata becomes fruitful when grounded in bhakti—single-hearted refuge in Vāsudeva—while honoring established disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not specify a location; it centers on devotional orientation within the vrata described in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the niyamas for the observance with Vāsudeva as the focus, following the previously taught rules.