Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सपादभागवृद्धिस्तु क्षत्त्रियादिषु गृह्यते । एवं न बन्धो भवति पातकस्य कदाचन

Transliteration

sapādabhāgavṛddhistu kṣattriyādiṣu gṛhyate | evaṃ na bandho bhavati pātakasya kadācana

Translation

ແຕ່ການເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນເປັນສ່ວນໜຶ່ງໃນສີ່ ນັ້ນຍອມຮັບໃນກໍລະນີຂອງກະສັດຕຣິຍະ ແລະຜູ້ອື່ນໆ. ເມື່ອປະຕິບັດຕາມນີ້ ມັນບໍ່ເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ບາບມາຜູກມັດເລີຍ.

Word by Word

• सपादभागवृद्धिः: increase by a quarter-part (one and a quarter share)
• सपादभागवृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-पाद-भाग-वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; स + पाद + भाग + वृद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सपाद’ (सहितः पादः = quarter more) इति उपपदपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः, ततः भाग-वृद्धि-सम्बन्धः

• तु: but, however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (particle: but/indeed)

• क्षत्त्रियादिषु: among Kṣatriyas and others
• क्षत्त्रियादिषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्त्रिय-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; क्षत्त्रिय + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ समाहारार्थक; अधिकरण (locative)

• गृह्यते: is accepted/taken
• गृह्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• बन्धः: bondage, binding consequence
• बन्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवति: arises, becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पातकस्य: of sin
• पातकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• कदाचन: ever, at any time
• कदाचन: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dharmic assembly: a learned brāhmaṇa adviser and a kṣatriya householder weigh a measured quarter-share on a balance, with scriptures open, indicating lawful conduct that avoids sin.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma regulates even permitted gains; when taken within prescribed bounds, one avoids pātaka (sinful bondage).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; it continues general dharma-instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A permitted rate/measure of ‘increase’ (vṛddhi) for Kṣatriyas and others, framed as a rule to avoid sin.