Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

युष्माभिर्वित्तलोभेन तद्वित्तं वो ददाम्यहम् । समस्तं मद्गृहे यच्च क्रियतां वचनं द्विजैः

Transliteration

yuṣmābhirvittalobhena tadvittaṃ vo dadāmyaham | samastaṃ madgṛhe yacca kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ dvijaiḥ

Translation

„Da es aus eurer Gier nach Reichtum geschah, gebe ich euch nun eben diesen Reichtum. Und was immer in meinem Haus ist—alles insgesamt—sollen die Brahmanen nach ihrem Wort verfügen (nehmen und ordnen).“

Word by Word

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you (all)
• yuṣmābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), बहुवचन (plural), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), पुल्लिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common pronoun form)

• vitta-lobhena: by greed for wealth
• vitta-lobhena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक) + lobha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘वित्तस्य लोभः’), पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd)

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd)

• vaḥ: to you / for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), बहुवचन (plural), चतुर्थी/षष्ठी विभक्ति-रूप (Dative/Genitive enclitic)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st)

• samastam: all, entire
• samastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd)

• mat-gṛhe: in my house
• mat-gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मम गृहे’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative, 7th)

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd; here correlating with ‘samastam’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• vacanam: the word/command
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st)

• dvijaiḥ: by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijaiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), बहुवचन (plural), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd)

Speaker

Puṣpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder, with a restrained but cutting composure, gestures toward his household wealth, offering it entirely to assembled brāhmaṇas; the brāhmaṇas sit in a semi-circle, tense, sensing insult beneath the offer.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed corrupts judgment; dharma is restored through restitution and generous giving directed toward reconciliation and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Brahmasthāna-centered episode within the Tīrthamāhātmya; no new tīrtha name is stated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of wealth—up to everything in one’s house—submitted to brāhmaṇa direction as part of remedy and purification.