Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्गृहे विशेषेण लभेद्भिक्षा च वाशनम् । तत्र नो याति यो भूयः स यतिर्नेतरः स्मृतः

Transliteration

yasmingṛhe viśeṣeṇa labhedbhikṣā ca vāśanam | tatra no yāti yo bhūyaḥ sa yatirnetaraḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

ଯେ ଘରେ ବିଶେଷ ଆଦରରେ ଭିକ୍ଷା ଓ ବାସସ୍ଥାନ ମିଳେ, ସେଠାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଯେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ଯାଏ ନାହିଁ—ସେଇ ଯତି, ଅନ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ।

Word by Word

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• gṛhe: in a house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially, particularly
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (used adverbially)

• labhet: would obtain/gets
• labhet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• bhikṣām: alms
• bhikṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhikṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• vāśanam: food/provision (lit. something to eat)
• vāśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध अव्यय (negation)

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhūyaḥ: again, further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yatiḥ: renunciant
• yatiḥ: Pradhāna-predication (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध अव्यय (negation)

• itaraḥ: other (non-renunciant)
• itaraḥ: Pratiyogin (Counter-predicate/प्रतियोगिन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• smṛtaḥ: is considered
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is deemed’

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: didactic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yati receives respectful alms at a wealthy home, then walks away toward a different lane the next day, symbolizing non-repetition and freedom from preference; the householder watches with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Yati
• Bhikṣā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A renunciant avoids dependence and favoritism; repeated return to a generous patron breeds attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a dharma guideline embedded in the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A discipline of bhikṣā: do not repeatedly seek alms/lodging from the same favorable household.