Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तेषामेकत्र जातानि दशपंचशतानि च । सामान्य भोगमोक्षाणि तानि तेन कृतानि च

Transliteration

teṣāmekatra jātāni daśapaṃcaśatāni ca | sāmānya bhogamokṣāṇi tāni tena kṛtāni ca

Translation

അവിടെ ഒരിടത്ത് അവരുടെ പതിനഞ്ചുനൂറ് ഗൃഹസമൂഹങ്ങൾ രൂപപ്പെട്ടു; അവരുടെ ഉപജീവനത്തിനും മോക്ഷക്ഷേമത്തിനുമായി അദ്ദേഹം പൊതുവായ ക്രമീകരണം സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• एकत्र: in one place; together
• एकत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• जातानि: born; arisen
• जातानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (√जन् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दशपञ्चशतानि: (groups of) fifteen hundreds; 1500s
• दशपञ्चशतानि: Visheshya (Quantified noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + पञ्च + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical compound), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सामान्य: common; general
• सामान्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (adjectival use)

• भोगमोक्षाणि: enjoyments and liberations
• भोगमोक्षाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तेन: by him; by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक-रूप (masc./neut. form), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• कृतानि: done; made
• कृतानि: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred town-quarter where many households are settled together; a benefactor/organizer establishes shared facilities—granaries, water, rest-houses—while a shrine stands central, signifying bhoga and mokṣa together.

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta (implied by prior verse)
• Brāhmaṇa community

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-culture supports both worldly sustenance (bhoga) and the path to liberation (mokṣa) through shared dharmic structures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the chapter’s tīrtha narrative but does not name the location in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it points to dharmic provisioning—arrangements that support daily duty and spiritual pursuit.