Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

पूजां ये च करिष्यंति भविष्यंति च निर्धनाः । कथं न लज्जितोसि त्वमेतत्कुर्वन्विगर्हितम्

Transliteration

pūjāṃ ye ca kariṣyaṃti bhaviṣyaṃti ca nirdhanāḥ | kathaṃ na lajjitosi tvametatkurvanvigarhitam

Translation

ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ຈະປະກອບພິທີບູຊາແບບນີ້ ກໍຈະກາຍເປັນຄົນຂັດສົນດ້ວຍ. ເຈົ້າບໍ່ອາຍບໍ ທີ່ກຳລັງເຮັດການກະທຳອັນຖືກຕຳນິນີ້?

Word by Word

• pūjām: worship, offering
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

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

• kariṣyanti: will do/perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• bhaviṣyanti: will be/become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

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

• nirdhanāḥ: poor people
• nirdhanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir-dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• katham: how?
• katham: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• lajjitaḥ: ashamed
• lajjitaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lajjita (लज्जित प्रातिपदिक; √lajj (लज्ज्) धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम

• kurvan: doing
• kurvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vigarhitam: blameworthy, censured
• vigarhitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-garhita (विगर्हित प्रातिपदिक; √garh (गर्ह्) धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (etad)

Speaker

Unspecified (admonitory narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral reprimand in a pilgrimage setting: an elder/ācārya figure admonishes a ritual-performer whose act is censured; nearby stand anxious devotees, including poor householders, suggesting the social harm of wrong worship.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship must align with dharma; improper or censured conduct—even if labeled “pūjā”—brings harmful results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is named in this verse; it is embedded in a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter but functions as moral warning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references “pūjā” and warns of consequences when performed in a blameworthy manner; no positive procedure is detailed here.