Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यो यस्य हीनो वर्णेन स चाष्टादशमो नरः । सर्वासां प्रकृतीनां च उत्तमा मध्यमाः समाः

Transliteration

yo yasya hīno varṇena sa cāṣṭādaśamo naraḥ | sarvāsāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ ca uttamā madhyamāḥ samāḥ

Translation

မည်သူမဆို အခြားသူထက် ဝဏ္ဏအရ နိမ့်ပါက ထိုသူကို စီမံချက်အရ ဆယ့်ရှစ်မြောက်လူဟု ရေတွက်ကြသည်။ သဘာဝအုပ်စုခွဲအားလုံးအတွင်း၌လည်း «အထွတ်အမြတ်» နှင့် «အလယ်အလတ်» ကို ဤခွဲခြားမှုတွင် တူညီသကဲ့သို့ သတ်မှတ်ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• हीनः: deficient; inferior
• हीनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वर्णेन: by caste/class (varna)
• वर्णेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (by/with respect to)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक-निपात

• अष्टादशमः: eighteenth
• अष्टादशमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• नरः: man; person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• प्रकृतीनाम्: of the categories/natures
• प्रकृतीनाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• उत्तमाः: best; superior
• उत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (समाः इत्यस्य)

• मध्यमाः: middling; intermediate
• मध्यमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• समाः: are equal/alike
• समाः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated ācārya or dharma-vaktā gestures to a palm-leaf chart showing graded categories of people, with listeners from varied occupations seated respectfully in rows.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It concludes a classificatory scheme discussed in the chapter, reflecting textual social taxonomy rather than a tīrtha-ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.