Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

अन्यानि च प्रचिक्षेप शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । न तृप्तिर्जायते तासां तथापि द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

anyāni ca pracikṣepa śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | na tṛptirjāyate tāsāṃ tathāpi dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် နာရီအနည်းငယ်အတွင်း အခြားသော လှူဒါန်းပစ္စည်းများကိုလည်း ရာချီ၊ ထောင်ချီ ပစ်ပေးလေ၏။ သို့သော်လည်း အို ဒွိဇသတ္တမတို့၊ သူတို့၏ ကျေနပ်ခြင်း မပေါ်ပေါက်သေး။

Word by Word

• अन्यानि: other (things)
• अन्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

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

• प्रचिक्षेप: threw/cast
• प्रचिक्षेप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (adverb: by hundreds)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (then/now)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (adverb: by thousands)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तासाम्: of them (of those women/things)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; विरोध/अपवादबोधक अव्यय (nevertheless)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानां सत्तमाः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing dvijasattama (best of twice-born) (explicit vocative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A queen repeatedly distributes heaps of gifts—piled cloth, coins, vessels—yet the recipients’ faces remain unsatisfied; the atmosphere hints at the futility of endless giving without inner contentment.

Characters & Entities

• dvijasattama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Without contentment (tṛpti/saṃtoṣa), abundance cannot fulfill; desire expands even when gifts multiply.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the lesson is ethical within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ongoing dāna (distribution of gifts) is described; the verse implicitly teaches that inner discipline must accompany outward giving.