Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
हरेस्तु शयने नित्यमेकांतरमु पोषणम् । यः करोति नरो भक्त्या न स गच्छेद्यमालयम्
Transliteration
harestu śayane nityamekāṃtaramu poṣaṇam | yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā na sa gacchedyamālayam
Translation
Durant le saint śayana de Hari, celui qui, avec dévotion, observe régulièrement le repas un jour sur deux ne va pas au séjour de Yama.
Word by Word
हरेःof Hari
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
तुindeed/and (emphatic)
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (emphatic/contrast)
शयनेin (the time of) sleeping
शयने:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)
एकान्तरम्on alternate (days)
एकान्तरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
पोषणम्nourishment/feeding (i.e., taking food)
पोषणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपोषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
करोतिdoes/observes
करोति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अन्वय (correlative pronoun)
गच्छेत्would go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यमालयम्to Yama’s abode (hell)
यमालयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयम + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकक्रियायाः कर्म (destination as object)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)Y
YamaFAQs
Devotional self-restraint during Hariśayana protects one from grievous post-death consequences symbolized by Yama’s realm.
No particular tirtha is named; the focus is on the sacred season of Hariśayana and its vrata-merit.
Ekāntara-bhojana—eating on alternate days—performed with bhakti during Hari’s śayana.