Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

भूषणाभावमासाद्य ततः सा पार्थिवप्रिया । हृष्टा प्रोवाच ताः सर्वाः संतोषः क्रियतामिति

Transliteration

bhūṣaṇābhāvamāsādya tataḥ sā pārthivapriyā | hṛṣṭā provāca tāḥ sarvāḥ saṃtoṣaḥ kriyatāmiti

Translation

飾りが尽きたと知るや、王に愛される妃は喜び、皆に告げた。「満ち足りる心（サントーシャ）を育みなさい。」

Word by Word

• भूषणाभावम्: lack of ornaments
• भूषणाभावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक) + अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूषणानाम् अभावः)

• आसाद्य: having reached/encountered
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having reached/obtained’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (then/from there)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पार्थिवप्रिया: beloved of the king
• पार्थिवप्रिया: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पार्थिवस्य प्रिया)

• हृष्टा: delighted
• हृष्टा: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ताः: them (those women)
• ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) बहुवचन; विशेषण

• संतोषः: contentment/satisfaction
• संतोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let it be done/let there be
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्तसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not present in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen, now without jewelry, appears serene and bright-faced; she addresses the gathered women/recipients, urging them to cultivate contentment rather than demand more.

Characters & Entities

• rājñī (queen)
• tāpasyaḥ (female ascetics)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It praises santoṣa—contentment—as a dharmic virtue, especially when worldly adornments are absent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework, but this specific shloka does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it gives an ethical injunction to cultivate contentment.