Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

तदादिशतु मां लोको यत्कृत्यं प्रकरोमि वः । अदेयमपि यच्छामि गृहायातस्य सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

tadādiśatu māṃ loko yatkṛtyaṃ prakaromi vaḥ | adeyamapi yacchāmi gṛhāyātasya sāṃpratam

Translation

„Die Versammlung weise mich an, was ich für euch zu tun habe. Selbst was man nicht geben sollte, werde ich jetzt geben—da ihr in mein Haus gekommen seid.“

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (correlative)

• आदिशतु: let (him/it) instruct/command
• आदिशतु: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √दिश् (दिश् निर्देशने) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• लोकः: the people/community
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative particle)

• कृत्यम्: duty; what should be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘to-be-done duty’

• प्रकरोमि: I do/perform
• प्रकरोमि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √कृ (कृ करणॆ) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• वः: for you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) (or षष्ठी Genitive by context), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• अदेयम्: not to be given; ungivable
• अदेयम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + देय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘वस्तु’)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चय (particle: even/also)

• यच्छामि: I give
• यच्छामि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यम् उपदाने) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; ‘I give’

• गृहायातस्य: of one who has come to (my) house
• गृहायातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृह + आयात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (contextual), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); क्त (PPP) ‘āyata’ with prefix ā-; तत्पुरुष (gṛham āyataḥ = one who has come home)

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Pṛthivīpati (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king addresses the assembly: ‘Command me’; attendants bring trays of gifts; the brāhmaṇas sit composed, ready to instruct; the moment captures the tension between zeal and dharmic regulation.

Characters & Entities

• pṛthivīpati (king)
• loka (assembly/people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality and service to the worthy are treated as supreme duty; generosity becomes a vehicle of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is dharma within the māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies dāna (giving) and fulfilling requested duties, but gives no specific ritual steps.