Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततः सुवर्णपूर्णानि विधायोदुम्बराणि च । तेषां मार्गाग्रतो भूमौ समंतादथ चाक्षिपत्

Transliteration

tataḥ suvarṇapūrṇāni vidhāyodumbarāṇi ca | teṣāṃ mārgāgrato bhūmau samaṃtādatha cākṣipat

Translation

Dann ließ er Udumbara-Gefäße, mit Gold gefüllt, bereiten und warf sie ringsum auf den Boden, vor den Weisen auf ihrem Weg.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• सुवर्ण-पूर्णानि: filled with gold
• सुवर्ण-पूर्णानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पॄ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (सुवर्णेन/सुवर्णस्य पूर्णानि = filled with gold); विशेषणम्

• विधाय: having made/prepared
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) उपसर्ग-पूर्वक (वि-); अव्ययभाव

• उदुम्बराणि: udumbara vessels/containers
• उदुम्बराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; (उदुम्बर-पात्राणि/फलानि इत्यर्थे)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मार्ग-अग्रतः: in front of (their) path
• मार्ग-अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (अग्रतः = in front); ‘मार्गस्य अग्रतः’

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• समन्तात्: all around
• समन्तात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/परितः-अर्थक (all around)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक (then)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• अक्षिपत्: he threw/cast
• अक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a forest road, the ground ahead of the sages is strewn with shining gold-filled udumbara bowls, placed deliberately as a snare; the sages approach with composed faces.

Characters & Entities

• Udumbara vessels
• Gold (suvarṇa)
• Sages

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth is used as a test; spiritual travelers must maintain purity and discernment even when riches appear on their path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it is a lead-in episode on the journey toward Camatkārapura-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an act of placing gold-filled vessels as a temptation.