Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमोपेता सर्वशत्रुविवर्जिताः । अपमृत्युपरित्यक्ता मम वाक्याद संशयम्

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamopetā sarvaśatruvivarjitāḥ | apamṛtyuparityaktā mama vākyāda saṃśayam

Translation

Sie werden mit Reichtum und Korn gesegnet sein, von allen Feinden frei und vor einem vorzeitigen Tod bewahrt—dafür bürgt mein Wort, ohne Zweifel.

Word by Word

• धनधान्यसमोपेताः: endowed with wealth and grain
• धनधान्यसमोपेताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-उप-इ (धातु) → उपेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'endowed with wealth and grain'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वशत्रुविवर्जिताः: free from all enemies
• सर्वशत्रुविवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + वि-√वर्ज् (धातु) → विवर्जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'devoid of all enemies'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अपमृत्युपरित्यक्ताः: spared from untimely death
• अपमृत्युपरित्यक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक) + परि-√त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'abandoned by untimely death'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वाक्यात्: from (my) statement/word
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; निषेधार्थे (object of implied 'माकुरुत/न कुरुत')

Speaker

Prāpitāmaha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessing scene: the performer completes śrāddha; symbolic cornucopia of grain and coins appears; shadowy ‘enemies’ recede; a protective aura wards off untimely death.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-dharma is portrayed as both spiritually elevating and socially sustaining, bringing protection and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it states the fruits (phala) of the Amāvāsyā śrāddha practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the fruits are tied to performing the Amāvāsyā śrāddha described in the preceding verse.