Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पूर्वोक्तानां तु सर्वेषां नियमानां फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

pūrvoktānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ niyamānāṃ phalaṃ labhet

Translation

由此便能获得先前所说一切戒行之果报。

Word by Word

• pūrvoktānām: of the previously stated
• pūrvoktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva + ukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter) — विशेषण (adjectival)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (contrastive/emphatic)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — विशेषण

• niyamānām: of the observances/rules
• niyamānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (नियम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• phalam: the fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (फल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• labhet: may obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding gesture by the narrator—raised hand of assurance—while listeners bow; a subtle radiance suggesting ‘phala’ (merit) accruing.

Characters & Entities

• Niyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma practiced as disciplined observance yields definite spiritual results (phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this line; it summarizes the promised merit within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It affirms the attainment of merit from the previously described niyamas.