Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानां नृणां सन्मार्गगामिनाम् । इह लोकः परश्चैव मनुना संप्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | gṛhasthadharmaraktānāṃ nṛṇāṃ sanmārgagāminām | iha lokaḥ paraścaiva manunā saṃprakīrtitaḥ

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: Für Menschen, die der Dharma des Hausvaters (Gṛhastha) erfüllt und die den guten Pfad gehen, hat Manu verkündet, dass ihnen sowohl diese Welt als auch die jenseitige gesichert sind.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानाम्: of those devoted to the householder’s dharma
• गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ-धर्म-रक्त (प्रातिपदिक); समासः: गृहस्थ + धर्म + रक्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सन्मार्गगामिनाम्: of those who go on the right path
• सन्मार्गगामिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्-मार्ग-गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक); समासः: सत् + मार्ग + गामिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'here/in this world')

• लोकः: world
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• परः: other/next (world)
• परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (agreeing with लोकः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मनुना: by Manu
• मनुना: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• संप्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed/declared
• संप्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+कीर्त् (धातु) → संप्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-भावः (passive sense)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa speaks authoritatively, citing Manu; a householder couple offers hospitality/charity, symbolizing satmārga in domestic life.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Manu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous householder life, aligned with sanmārga, is honored as a complete dharmic path with worldly and otherworldly fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Mahātmya’s dharma-teaching that undergirds pilgrimage life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, adherence to gṛhastha-dharma and the “good path” as taught in Manu’s dharma tradition.