Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र संपदस्तस्य संतुष्टं यस्य मानसम् । उपानद्गूढपादस्य ननु चर्मास्तृतेव भूः

Transliteration

sarvatra saṃpadastasya saṃtuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam | upānadgūḍhapādasya nanu carmāstṛteva bhūḥ

Translation

心が満ち足りている者には、繁栄は至る所にある。履物で足を覆う者にとって、大地はまるで革が敷かれているかのようだ。

Word by Word

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃpadaḥ: prosperities, fortunes
• saṃpadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• saṃtuṣṭam: content
• saṃtuṣṭam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying mānasam)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mānasam: mind
• mānasam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• upānat-gūḍha-pādasya: of one whose feet are covered by sandals
• upānat-gūḍha-pādasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upānat (प्रातिपदिक) + gūḍha (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (upānadbhiḥ gūḍhau pādau yasya = whose feet are covered by sandals)

• nanu: indeed
• nanu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nanu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/why)

• carmāstṛtā: covered with leather
• carmāstṛtā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: carma (प्रातिपदिक) + āstṛta (आ-√stṛ (धातु) + kta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (carmabhiḥ āstṛtā = covered with leather)

• iva: as if/like
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• bhūḥ: earth
• bhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gautama (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegory: a pilgrim with sandals walks calmly over thorny, stony ground; beside him, another barefoot person complains and stumbles. Above, a subtle aura indicates ‘prosperity everywhere’ for the content mind.

Characters & Entities

• santoṣa
• upānat

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contentment is inner wealth; by adjusting the mind (like wearing sandals), one need not ‘cover the whole world’ with possessions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supplies a universal teaching suitable to tīrtha contexts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it recommends a mental discipline—cultivating santoṣa—rather than an external ritual.