Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

शूद्राः प्रतिग्रहीतारः शूद्रा दानप्रदास्तथा । शूद्राश्चापि तथा वन्द्याः शद्रास्तीर्थेषु संस्थिताः

Transliteration

śūdrāḥ pratigrahītāraḥ śūdrā dānapradāstathā | śūdrāścāpi tathā vandyāḥ śadrāstīrtheṣu saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

“Los Śūdras llegan a ser receptores de dones; los Śūdras llegan a ser también dadores de caridad. Incluso los Śūdras han de ser saludados con reverencia: los Śūdras establecidos y honrados en los sagrados tīrthas.”

Word by Word

• शूद्राः: Śūdras
• शूद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• प्रतिग्रहीतारः: receivers (of gifts)
• प्रतिग्रहीतारः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + ग्रह् (धातु) → प्रतिग्रहीतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृप्रत्यय (agent noun); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• शूद्राः: Śūdras
• शूद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• दानप्रदाः: givers of charity
• दानप्रदाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुष (determinative: “giving donations”)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (indeclinable: “likewise”)

• शूद्राः: Śūdras
• शूद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ/समुच्चय (particle: “also/even”)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (indeclinable)

• वन्द्याः: worthy of reverence
• वन्द्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक; वन्द् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (gerundive/नीयत्-अर्थ: “to be praised”); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• शूद्राः: Śūdras
• शूद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• तीर्थेषु: in pilgrimage places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• संस्थिताः: situated/established
• संस्थिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a tīrtha offer water and cloth as dāna; a humble tīrtha-resident receives with folded hands; another resident gives alms to a traveler; a respectful salutation scene at the ghat steps.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts a Kali-yuga reversal of customary roles at pilgrimage centers, urging discernment about honor, giving, and social authority in religious spaces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it speaks generally about conditions ‘at the tīrthas’ within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse references dāna (charity) and pratigraha (accepting gifts) as social-religious practices occurring at tīrthas.