Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

न्यायागतधनो नित्यं शांतः सर्वजनप्रियः । सत्यवादी विवेकज्ञस्तस्य भार्या च सुन्दरी

Transliteration

nyāyāgatadhano nityaṃ śāṃtaḥ sarvajanapriyaḥ | satyavādī vivekajñastasya bhāryā ca sundarī

Translation

Sa richesse provenait de moyens justes ; toujours paisible, il était aimé de tous. Il disait la vérité et possédait le discernement, et son épouse aussi était belle.

Word by Word

• nyāyāgatadhanaḥ: whose wealth was acquired lawfully
• nyāyāgatadhanaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nyāya-āgata-dhana (प्रातिपदिक; न्याय + आगत + धन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying paijavanaḥ)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kāla (Frequency/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śāntaḥ: calm; peaceful
• śāntaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृतान्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvajanapriyaḥ: dear to all people
• sarvajanapriyaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-jana-priya (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + जन + प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• satyavādī: truth-speaking
• satyavādī: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya-vādin (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + वादिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• vivekajñaḥ: knowing discernment; discerning
• vivekajñaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viveka-jña (प्रातिपदिक; विवेक + ज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tasya: of him; his
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता (new subject)

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

• sundarī: beautiful
• sundarī: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying bhāryā)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paijavana shown as a calm, respected householder: receiving villagers with kindness, weighing coins honestly, speaking truth in an assembly; his wife stands nearby, graceful and supportive.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity becomes spiritually fruitful when earned by dharma, joined with truthfulness, peace, and discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets up the character portrait within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this shloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on ethical foundations—truth and righteous livelihood.