Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यस्य चास्ति गृहे वित्तं तरुण्यश्च तथा स्त्रियः । तेनतेन समं सख्यं प्रकुर्वन्ति नरा भुवि

Transliteration

yasya cāsti gṛhe vittaṃ taruṇyaśca tathā striyaḥ | tenatena samaṃ sakhyaṃ prakurvanti narā bhuvi

Translation

Sur la terre, les hommes nouent une amitié d’égal à égal avec quiconque possède dans sa maison richesse, jeunesse et femmes à sa disposition.

Word by Word

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriyā (Existence)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gṛhe: in (his) house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Kartā (Subject of ‘asti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘अस्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्तृ/विषय (existential subject)

• taruṇyaḥ: young women
• taruṇyaḥ: Kartā (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taruṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• tathā: also
• tathā: Samuccaya (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Kartā (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tena: by that (person/thing)
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘तेन तेन’ इति वीप्सा

• tena: by that (one)
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; वीप्सा-प्रयोगः (each and every such)

• samam: equally/with
• samam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverb: equally/with)

• sakhyam: friendship
• sakhyam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prakurvanti: they form/establish
• prakurvanti: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Men cluster around a wealthy house with festive signs, ignoring a poor but virtuous neighbor; the scene contrasts glittering opportunism with quiet dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Men (Narāḥ)
• Earth (Bhū)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When relationships are driven by wealth and desire, loyalty becomes unstable; dharma calls for virtue-based friendship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a social observation rather than a ritual instruction.