Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अपरं तस्य यत्किंचिद्धनधान्यादिकं गृहे । तत्सर्वं विदितं मे स्यात्तथा देव प्रजायताम्

Transliteration

aparaṃ tasya yatkiṃciddhanadhānyādikaṃ gṛhe | tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ me syāttathā deva prajāyatām

Translation

Además, cuanto tenga en su casa—riquezas, grano y lo demás—que todo ello me sea plenamente conocido. Concédelo así, oh Dios.

Word by Word

• aparam: other; further
• aparam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘other/further’ (agreeing with yat-kiṃcit)

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative: whatever)

• kiṃcit: anything; something
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-निपात)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (something/anything)

• dhana-dhānya-ādikam: wealth, grain, etc.
• dhana-dhānya-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana + dhānya + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (wealth and grain etc.)

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘all’ (agreeing with tat)

• viditam: known
• viditam: Predicative complement (Karmadhāraya to syāt)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidita (कृदन्त; √vid (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (known)

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (to me) / alternatively षष्ठी (of me) by context; here ‘to me’

• syāt: may it be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tathā: thus; so
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• deva: O god/lord
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• prajāyatām: let it come to be; let it happen
• prajāyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jan (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आज्ञार्थे (let it be produced/come to pass)

Speaker

Puṣpa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaidīśa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon is granted: the petitioner gains sight/knowledge of another’s hidden stores—granaries, jars, and treasure chests in a house become ‘visible’ as if walls are transparent; the deity’s assent seals it.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates the Puranic theme that siddhis can arise, but their pursuit is morally charged—knowledge should be aligned with dharma, not mere gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within a larger Tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a request for a boon of knowledge (viditatva) concerning another’s possessions.