Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

त्यजतः संचयान्सर्वान्यांति हानिमुपद्रवाः । न हि सर्वार्थवान्कश्चिद्दृश्यते निरुपद्रवः

Transliteration

tyajataḥ saṃcayānsarvānyāṃti hānimupadravāḥ | na hi sarvārthavānkaściddṛśyate nirupadravaḥ

Translation

သိုလှောင်စုဆောင်းမှုအားလုံးကို စွန့်လွှတ်သူအတွက် ဒုက္ခအန္တရာယ်တို့သည် လျော့ပါး၍ အင်အားပျက်သွား၏။ အကြောင်းမူကား အရာရာသော ဥစ္စာကို ပိုင်ဆိုင်ပြီးလည်း ဘေးကင်းသူဟူ၍ မမြင်ရ။

Word by Word

• त्यजतः: of one who abandons
• त्यजतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष?; रूपतः शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तस्य षष्ठी/सप्तमी?; व्यवहारतः वर्तमानकाले ‘त्यजतः’ = त्यजतः (present participle) ‘of one who abandons’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सम्बन्ध)

• संचयान्: accumulations
• संचयान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (संचयान्)

• यान्ति: go/lead (to)
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• हानिम्: loss
• हानिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य), एकवचन

• उपद्रवाः: calamities
• उपद्रवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed)

• सर्वार्थवान्: possessing all wealth/means
• सर्वार्थवान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वः अर्थः यस्य/सर्वार्थवान्) विशेषणम् (कश्चित्)

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रत्यययुक्त सर्वनाम

• दृश्यते: is seen
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• निरुपद्रवः: free from troubles
• निरुपद्रवः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्- (उपसर्ग) + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कश्चित्)

Speaker

Atri (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mune / interlocutor (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A renunciant or simple pilgrim walks unburdened toward a ghat while a wealthy caravan faces thieves, storms, or disputes—illustrating that hoarding attracts ‘upadravas’.

Characters & Entities

• saṃcaya (hoarding)
• upadrava (calamity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Letting go of accumulation reduces suffering; total worldly security through wealth is an illusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified; the verse supports the pilgrimage ideal that detachment is itself a sacred protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it recommends abandoning hoarding as a practical dharmic safeguard.