Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

न कश्चित्प्रतिगृह्णाति तानि पद्मानि मानवः । मम भाग्यवशाल्लोको जातः क्रयपराङ्मुखः

Transliteration

na kaścitpratigṛhṇāti tāni padmāni mānavaḥ | mama bhāgyavaśālloko jātaḥ krayaparāṅmukhaḥ

Translation

ບໍ່ມີຜູ້ໃດຍອມຮັບດອກບົວເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ. ເນື່ອງດ້ວຍວາສະນາອັນຮ້າຍຂອງຂ້ອຍ, ຜູ້ຄົນຈຶ່ງເບື່ອໜ່າຍການຊື້.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-निपातः)

• kaścit: anyone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• pratigṛhṇāti: accepts; takes (in exchange)
• pratigṛhṇāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati+grah (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमानकालः), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• tāni: those
• tāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; padmāni इति विशेष्येण सह

• padmāni: lotuses
• padmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• mānavaḥ: a man; person
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; kaścit इत्यस्य विशेष्य/अपपद-सम्बन्धः

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• bhāgya-vaśāt: because of (my) fate/fortune
• bhāgya-vaśāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषणवत् — ‘due to the power of (my) fortune’

• lokaḥ: people; the public
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• jātaḥ: became
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (क्त) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकृदन्तम्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘became’ (लokaḥ इति कर्तरि)

• kraya-parāṅmukhaḥ: averse to buying; turned away from purchase
• kraya-parāṅmukhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kraya (प्रातिपदिक) + parāṅmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; lokaḥ इति विशेष्येण सह — ‘turned away from buying’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (a devotee/pilgrim speaking within the Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The lotus-seller stands in a street as passersby avert their faces; hands extended with lotuses, yet no one accepts; the wife behind him, anxious; the city feels indifferent.

Characters & Entities

• Padma (lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly support may fail; Purāṇic dharma redirects the seeker from dependence on commerce toward refuge in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues in Camatkārapura, preparing the movement toward a Śaiva sacred space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse highlights economic refusal and the narrator’s testing.