Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एवं तेन तदा प्राप्तं वित्तं च परसंभवम् । बुभुजे स्वेच्छया नित्यं तदा भार्यासमन्वितः

Transliteration

evaṃ tena tadā prāptaṃ vittaṃ ca parasaṃbhavam | bubhuje svecchayā nityaṃ tadā bhāryāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, grâce aux richesses qu’il avait alors obtenues — venues d’une autre source — il vécut et jouit chaque jour selon son gré, en ce temps-là accompagné de son épouse.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'thus/in this manner'

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (pronoun): 'by him/with that'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb): 'then/at that time'

• prāptam: obtained
• prāptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√āp + ta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'obtained/received' (qualifying vittaṃ)

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

• parasaṃbhavam: coming from others
• parasaṃbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (para-saṃbhava = 'arising from others'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; vittaṃ-विशेषण

• bubhuje: enjoyed/used
• bubhuje: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• svecchayā: according to his own wish
• svecchayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + icchā (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sva-icchā = 'one's own will'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (Frequency/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative): 'always/constantly'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb): 'then'

• bhāryāsamanvitaḥ: accompanied by (his) wife
• bhāryāsamanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāryā + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (bhāryā-samanvita = 'accompanied by wife'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous household scene: the man and his wife in a well-kept home, daily meals and calm enjoyment; in the background, signs of earlier charity—stored grain, cloth bundles, and a small shrine lamp—suggest dharma-guided prosperity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity may come from unexpected sources, but it should be integrated into life after righteous conduct, not clung to as permanent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse reflects the aftermath of prior dāna and dharmic conduct.