Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नागरांस्तोषयिष्यामि तानहं विविधैर्धनैः । याचयिष्यंति यन्मात्रं तव गात्रविशुद्धये

Transliteration

nāgarāṃstoṣayiṣyāmi tānahaṃ vividhairdhanaiḥ | yācayiṣyaṃti yanmātraṃ tava gātraviśuddhaye

Translation

ഞാൻ ആ നഗരവാസികളെ വിവിധ ധനങ്ങളാൽ തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തും; അവർ എത്രമാത്രം ചോദിക്കുമോ അത്രമാത്രം നിന്റെ ദേഹശുദ്ധിക്കായി നൽകും।

Word by Word

• नागरान्: the townsmen
• नागरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• तोषयिष्यामि: I will please
• तोषयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु) (णिच्) → तोषय्
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative): ‘I will satisfy/please’

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘various’ (agreeing with धनैः)

• धनैः: wealths/treasures
• धनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• याचयिष्यन्ति: they will ask/beg
• याचयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

• मात्रम्: only that much
• मात्रम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘only/just so much’ (qualifying यत्)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• गात्रविशुद्धये: for bodily purification
• गात्रविशुद्धये: Sampradana (Beneficiary/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र+विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (dative of purpose): ‘for the purification of (your) body’

Speaker

Puṣpa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa (or the benefactor figure) gestures toward chests of coins, cloth, and ornaments being offered to townsmen; the brāhmaṇa stands aside, hopeful for bodily/ritual purification.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Nāgarāḥ (townsmen)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoration of honor and purity is pursued through dharmic reconciliation—especially generosity used to undo greed-born harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named in this verse; the tīrtha context remains in the background of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (giving wealth) as a practical means toward śuddhi (purification) and appeasement.