Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तेन विधानेन न स याति यमालयम् । आसनं वारिपात्रं च भाजनं ताम्रभाजनम्

Transliteration

vedoktena vidhānena na sa yāti yamālayam | āsanaṃ vāripātraṃ ca bhājanaṃ tāmrabhājanam

Translation

വേദോക്തവിധിപ്രകാരം ചെയ്താൽ അവൻ യമാലയത്തിലേക്കു പോകുകയില്ല. (ദാനമായി) ആസനം, ജലപാത്രം, ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ, താമ്രപാത്രം എന്നിവ നൽകണം।

Word by Word

• वेदोक्तेन: by what is prescribed in the Veda
• वेदोक्तेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (instrumental singular neuter)

• विधानेन: by the procedure/ordinance
• विधानेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (instrumental singular)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• स: he
• स: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (pronoun; nominative singular)

• याति: goes
• याति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• यमालयम्: to Yama’s abode
• यमालयम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (accusative singular; destination)

• आसनम्: a seat
• आसनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter nom/acc sg; item listed)

• वारिपात्रम्: a water-vessel
• वारिपात्रम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि-पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter nom/acc sg)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• भाजनम्: a utensil/vessel
• भाजनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter nom/acc sg)

• ताम्रभाजनम्: a copper vessel
• ताम्रभाजनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र-भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter nom/acc sg)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual gifting scene: donor offers an āsana, water pot, utensils, and a shining copper vessel to a brāhmaṇa; Yama’s shadow recedes, symbolizing protection.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Yama
• Yamālaya
• Dāna (āsana, pātra, tāmrabhājana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity done in the proper (Vedic) manner becomes spiritually protective, removing fear of Yama’s judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse is a general dharma instruction embedded in a tīrtha-glorifying chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give prescribed items—āsana, water vessel, utensils, copper vessel—following vedokta (Vedic) procedure.