Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानां नृणां सन्मार्गगामिनाम् । इह लोकः परश्चैव मनुना संप्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | gṛhasthadharmaraktānāṃ nṛṇāṃ sanmārgagāminām | iha lokaḥ paraścaiva manunā saṃprakīrtitaḥ

Translation

Vyāsa dit : Pour les hommes attachés au dharma du gṛhastha et marchant sur la bonne voie, Manu a proclamé assurés à la fois ce monde-ci et l’autre.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानाम्: of those devoted to the householder’s dharma
• गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ-धर्म-रक्त (प्रातिपदिक); समासः: गृहस्थ + धर्म + रक्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सन्मार्गगामिनाम्: of those who go on the right path
• सन्मार्गगामिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्-मार्ग-गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक); समासः: सत् + मार्ग + गामिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'here/in this world')

• लोकः: world
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• परः: other/next (world)
• परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (agreeing with लोकः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मनुना: by Manu
• मनुना: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• संप्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed/declared
• संप्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+कीर्त् (धातु) → संप्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-भावः (passive sense)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa speaks authoritatively, citing Manu; a householder couple offers hospitality/charity, symbolizing satmārga in domestic life.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Manu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous householder life, aligned with sanmārga, is honored as a complete dharmic path with worldly and otherworldly fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Mahātmya’s dharma-teaching that undergirds pilgrimage life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, adherence to gṛhastha-dharma and the “good path” as taught in Manu’s dharma tradition.