Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तथा चैव तु षड्भागो गृहीतो विभवस्य च । तस्मादेष समस्तानां बाह्यभूतो भविष्यति

Transliteration

tathā caiva tu ṣaḍbhāgo gṛhīto vibhavasya ca | tasmādeṣa samastānāṃ bāhyabhūto bhaviṣyati

Translation

«De plus, une sixième part de la fortune a bel et bien été prise. C’est pourquoi il deviendra un exclu pour toute la communauté, retranché de tous.»

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in that manner)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विभेदसूचक (but/however)

• षड्भागः: a sixth part
• षड्भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षड् भागः)

• गृहीतः: was taken
• गृहीतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘has been taken’

• विभवस्य: of the wealth/prosperity
• विभवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘therefore/from that’

• एषः: this man/this one
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समस्तानाम्: of all
• समस्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण; ‘of all (assembled/entire)’

• बाह्यभूतः: become an outcast/outsider
• बाह्यभूतः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘बाह्यः भूतः’ (become an outsider)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Nāgaras (collective speakers within Sūta’s narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder announces that a sixth portion of wealth was taken; the accused is symbolically pushed outside the circle/threshold, indicating ‘bāhya-bhūta’ (outcaste/excluded).

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaḍbhāga (one-sixth share)
• Nāgara community (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unjust appropriation—especially in a sacred/ritual setting—breaks communal dharma and results in exclusion, underscoring accountability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanction is narrated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya context, portraying the kṣetra as a realm where dharma is actively upheld.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a rite but a consequence tied to wrongdoing: social exclusion (bāhya-bhāva) for taking the ṣaḍbhāga of wealth.