Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतानि संत्यज्य हेमगर्भाणि दूरतः । उदुम्बराणि यास्यामः फलानि विगतस्पृहाः

Transliteration

tasmādetāni saṃtyajya hemagarbhāṇi dūrataḥ | udumbarāṇi yāsyāmaḥ phalāni vigataspṛhāḥ

Translation

Ainsi, rejetant au loin ces choses au ventre d’or, nous irons vers les fruits d’udumbara, délivrés de tout désir.

Word by Word

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

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• संत्यज्य: having abandoned
• संत्यज्य: Kriya (Non-finite action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्ग-युक्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having abandoned)

• हेमगर्भाणि: having gold inside
• हेमगर्भाणि: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः हेमस्य गर्भः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); विशेषण (एतानि)

• दूरतः: from afar
• दूरतः: Adhikarana (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: from afar/at a distance)

• उदुम्बराणि: udumbara fruits
• उदुम्बराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; (उदुम्बराणि) इत्यस्य विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे समानाधिकरण

• विगतस्पृहाः: free from desire
• विगतस्पृहाः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत + स्पृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—विगता स्पृहा येषाम्; विशेषण (वयम्)

Speaker

Atri (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages fling the gold-filled fruits away into the distance and walk toward a cluster of ordinary udumbara fruits, their faces serene and untempted.

Characters & Entities

• Atri
• udumbara
• gold (hema)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit in a sacred context increases through renunciation: abandoning tempting wealth and living simply without craving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching glorifies the tirtha-ideal itself: sacred travel is fulfilled by purity and non-possessiveness, not by material gain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A conduct-rule for pilgrims/ascetics: reject wealth and accept simple, sattvic sustenance.