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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

व्रतं यद्विद्यते किंचिन्नियमः संयमस्तथा । अन्यच्चापि शुभं कृत्यं तत्सर्वं च तया कृतम्

vrataṃ yadvidyate kiṃcinniyamaḥ saṃyamastathā | anyaccāpi śubhaṃ kṛtyaṃ tatsarvaṃ ca tayā kṛtam

Quel que fût le vœu, quelle que fût l’observance et la maîtrise de soi—et toute autre œuvre de bon augure—elle accomplit tout cela intégralement.

vratamvow
vratam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvrata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
yatwhich
yat:
Sambandha (Relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
vidyateexists
vidyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (धातु) (विद्=सत्तायाम्/ज्ञाने)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘exists/is found’
kiṃcitanything
kiṃcit:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
Formअव्यय (अनिश्चितार्थक; ‘anything/something’)
niyamaḥobservance
niyamaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniyama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
saṃyamaḥrestraint
saṃyamaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃyama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
tathāalso
tathā:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक)
anyatother (thing)
anyat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय; ‘also/even’)
śubhamauspicious
śubham:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
kṛtyamduty/act
kṛtyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘to-be-done duty/act’
tatthat
tat:
Visheshana (Determiner)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
sarvamall
sarvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)
tayāby her
tayā:
Karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
kṛtamdone
kṛtam:
Kriya (Predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A montage of observances: the maiden giving alms, maintaining silence, meditating, tending sacred fire, offering water to deities/ancestors—depicting ‘all vows and restraints’ as a life of continuous ritualized virtue.

FAQs

Dharma is upheld through comprehensive discipline—vows, observances, and self-restraint—performed with sincerity.

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader tīrtha-glorification through the example of rigorous dharma.

General categories are mentioned—vrata (vows), niyama (observances), and saṃyama (restraint)—rather than a single named rite.