Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

युष्माभिर्वित्तलोभेन तद्वित्तं वो ददाम्यहम् । समस्तं मद्गृहे यच्च क्रियतां वचनं द्विजैः

Transliteration

yuṣmābhirvittalobhena tadvittaṃ vo dadāmyaham | samastaṃ madgṛhe yacca kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ dvijaiḥ

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ ധനത്തിൽ അത്യാഗ്രഹമുള്ളവരായതുകൊണ്ട്, ഞാൻ ആ ധനം നിങ്ങൾക്ക് നൽകുന്നു. എന്റെ വീട്ടിലുള്ളതെല്ലാം ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെ വാക്കുപോലെ ചെയ്യട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you (all)
• yuṣmābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), बहुवचन (plural), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), पुल्लिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common pronoun form)

• vitta-lobhena: by greed for wealth
• vitta-lobhena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक) + lobha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘वित्तस्य लोभः’), पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd)

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd)

• vaḥ: to you / for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), बहुवचन (plural), चतुर्थी/षष्ठी विभक्ति-रूप (Dative/Genitive enclitic)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st)

• samastam: all, entire
• samastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd)

• mat-gṛhe: in my house
• mat-gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मम गृहे’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative, 7th)

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd; here correlating with ‘samastam’)

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

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• vacanam: the word/command
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st)

• dvijaiḥ: by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijaiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), बहुवचन (plural), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd)

Speaker

Puṣpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder, with a restrained but cutting composure, gestures toward his household wealth, offering it entirely to assembled brāhmaṇas; the brāhmaṇas sit in a semi-circle, tense, sensing insult beneath the offer.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed corrupts judgment; dharma is restored through restitution and generous giving directed toward reconciliation and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Brahmasthāna-centered episode within the Tīrthamāhātmya; no new tīrtha name is stated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of wealth—up to everything in one’s house—submitted to brāhmaṇa direction as part of remedy and purification.