Shloka 52 - Adhyaya 147 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानां नृणां सन्मार्गगामिनाम् । इह लोकः परश्चैव मनुना संप्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | gṛhasthadharmaraktānāṃ nṛṇāṃ sanmārgagāminām | iha lokaḥ paraścaiva manunā saṃprakīrtitaḥ

Translation

व्यास म्हणाले—जे मनुष्य गृहस्थधर्मात अनुरक्त होऊन सन्मार्गाने चालतात, त्यांच्यासाठी मनूंनी इहलोकी व परलोकी—दोन्ही फलसिद्धी सांगितली आहे.

Word by Word

व्यासःVyāsa

उवाचsaid

गृहस्थधर्मरक्तानाम्of those devoted to the householder’s dharma

नृणाम्of men

सन्मार्गगामिनाम्of those who go on the right path

इहhere

लोकःworld

परःother/next (world)

चand

एवindeed

मनुनाby Manu

संप्रकीर्तितःhas been proclaimed/declared

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa speaks authoritatively, citing Manu; a householder couple offers hospitality/charity, symbolizing satmārga in domestic life.

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Manu

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous householder life, aligned with sanmārga, is honored as a complete dharmic path with worldly and otherworldly fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Mahātmya’s dharma-teaching that undergirds pilgrimage life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, adherence to gṛhastha-dharma and the “good path” as taught in Manu’s dharma tradition.