Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

गृहं दोषान्वितं प्राप्य शिल्पादिभिरुपद्रुतम् । तस्योपसंगमं प्राप्य समृद्धिं याति तद्दिने

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ doṣānvitaṃ prāpya śilpādibhirupadrutam | tasyopasaṃgamaṃ prāpya samṛddhiṃ yāti taddine

Translation

Même une maison chargée de défauts et tourmentée par des vices de construction et autres—au seul contact de cela (le Vāstu-pada/le rite sacré), elle parvient à la prospérité ce jour-là même.

Word by Word

• gṛham: a house
• gṛham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘house’

• doṣa-anvitam: having defects
• doṣa-anvitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying gṛham): ‘endowed with faults’

• prāpya: having reached/obtained
• prāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), अव्ययभाव — ‘having obtained/reached’

• śilpa-ādibhiḥ: by crafts and the like
• śilpa-ādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — ‘by crafts etc.’

• upadrutam: afflicted
• upadrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-drū (द्रू धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying gṛham): ‘afflicted’

• tasya: of it
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of it/of that (house)’

• upasaṃgamam: approach/association
• upasaṃgamam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upa-saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘approach/association’

• prāpya: having attained
• prāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), अव्ययभाव — ‘having attained’

• samṛddhim: prosperity
• samṛddhim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘prosperity’

• yāti: attains
• yāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘goes/attains’

• tad-dine: on that day
• tad-dine: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘on that day’

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice; implied for this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Vāstu-pada-saṅgama/saṃbandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijasattamāḥ/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A troubled household—cracked walls, disturbed beams—approaches the sacred Vāstu-pada; priests perform a pacifying rite, and the house is shown transforming into a prosperous, well-ordered home on the same day.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛha (house)
• Doṣa (defect)
• Śilpa (construction)
• Vāstu-pada (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites and holy places are portrayed as transformative—turning defect and adversity into wellbeing and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vāstu-pada locus in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, whose association is said to remove harm and grant prosperity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approaching/associating with the sacred Vāstu-pada/its worship context is described as the effective remedy for afflicted dwellings.