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

ไม่ว่าพรตใดที่มีอยู่ ไม่ว่านิยมและการสำรวมใด ๆ ตลอดจนกิจอันเป็นมงคลอื่นทั้งหมด นางได้กระทำครบถ้วนทั้งสิ้น

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.