Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

युष्माकं परितुष्टोऽस्मि लोभाभावाद्द्विजोत्तमाः । तस्मात्स्वर्गं मया सार्द्धं शीघ्रमागम्यतामिति ।ा

Transliteration

yuṣmākaṃ parituṣṭo'smi lobhābhāvāddvijottamāḥ | tasmātsvargaṃ mayā sārddhaṃ śīghramāgamyatāmiti |ा

Translation

«يا خيرةَ البراهمة، إني راضٍ عنكم تمام الرضا لزوال الطمع منكم. فهلمّوا سريعًا معي إلى السماء»، قال.

Word by Word

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• परितुष्टः: pleased, satisfied
• परितुष्टः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-तुष् (धातु) → परितुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोभाभावात्: because of absence of greed
• लोभाभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ + अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोभस्य अभावः)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Addressed/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), निपात/समुच्चयार्थ-निर्देशक (therefore)

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: Sahakāraka (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), उपसर्गार्थ-सम्बन्ध (with/together)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• आगम्यताम्: please come
• आगम्यताम्: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञार्थ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyasaṃjñā (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative)

Speaker

Unspecified (a divine/authoritative figure addressing Brāhmaṇas within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasi-tīrtha (āśrama-sarasi)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, radiant and crowned, addresses a group of austere sages by a lotus-filled lake, praising their freedom from greed and inviting them to heaven.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Freedom from greed (lobhābhāva) is upheld as a hallmark of dharma; such purity of intent makes one worthy of divine favor and exalted states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse, by itself, does not name a specific tīrtha; it functions as a narrative commendation within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s broader Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this line; it emphasizes the ethical qualification of nirlobhatā (non-greed) as spiritually efficacious.