Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

Apa jua vrata (nazar suci) yang ada, apa jua niyama (tatatertib) dan saṃyama (pengendalian diri)—bahkan segala amalan baik yang lain—semuanya telah dia laksanakan.

Word by Word

• vratam: vow
• vratam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• vidyate: exists
• vidyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु) (विद्=सत्तायाम्/ज्ञाने)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘exists/is found’

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (अनिश्चितार्थक; ‘anything/something’)

• niyamaḥ: observance
• niyamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• saṃyamaḥ: restraint
• saṃyamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक)

• anyat: other (thing)
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय; ‘also/even’)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kṛtyam: duty/act
• kṛtyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘to-be-done duty/act’

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

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

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

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

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

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