Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नान्यस्तत्र तृतीयस्तु यज्ञे पैतामहे शुभे । यो यं कामयते कामं हेमरत्नसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

nānyastatra tṛtīyastu yajñe paitāmahe śubhe | yo yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ hemaratnasamudbhavam

Translation

その吉祥なる祖霊の祭祀には、第三の叫びはなかった。誰であれ望むところの欲求—黄金と宝玉より生ずる（世俗の繁栄の）願い—

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अन्यः: other
• अन्यः: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'तृतीयः' इत्यर्थे—'no other'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तृतीयः: a third (one/cry)
• तृतीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (शब्दः/घोषः) इति अध्याहार्य

• तु: however/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पैतामहे: ancestral/paitāmaha
• पैतामहे: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पैतामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'यज्ञे' इति विशेषण

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'यज्ञे' इति विशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• यम्: which/whom
• यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कामयते: desires
• कामयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कामम्: a desire/object of desire
• कामम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हेमरत्नसमुद्भवम्: arising from gold and gems
• हेमरत्नसमुद्भवम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + रत्न + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (हेमरत्नयोः समुद्भवः) 'कामम्' इति विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (continuation of Sūta uvāca frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: yajña-maṇḍape dāna-bhojana-udghoṣa-dvayaṃ pradhānam; lokāḥ hiraṇya-ratna-samṛddhiṃ kāmayante; dātāraḥ suvarṇa-ratna-pātrāṇi dadhati; maṅgala-lakṣaṇāni sarvataḥ.

Characters & Entities

• yajña
• hema (gold)
• ratna (jewels)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is performed as yajña, prosperity is depicted as a natural byproduct, yet framed within auspicious sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative setting continues; the verse highlights the sacral abundance surrounding the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription beyond the ongoing performance of the auspicious (śubha) paitāmaha yajña.