Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

विबुधैस्ते प्रवर्तंते रागद्वेषपरायणाः । यस्ययस्य गृहे वित्तं तथा नार्यो मनोरमाः

Transliteration

vibudhaiste pravartaṃte rāgadveṣaparāyaṇāḥ | yasyayasya gṛhe vittaṃ tathā nāryo manoramāḥ

Translation

ସେମାନେ ‘ବିବୁଧ’ମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରବର୍ତ୍ତିତ ହୋଇ ରାଗ-ଦ୍ୱେଷରେ ପରାୟଣ ରହନ୍ତି। ଯେଉଁ ଘରେ ଧନ ଅଛି, ସେଠାରେ ମନୋହର ନାରୀଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଲୋଭ କରାଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• विबुधैः: by the wise/learned
• विबुधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रवर्तन्ते: proceed; act; engage
• प्रवर्तन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• रागद्वेषपरायणाः: devoted to desire and hatred
• रागद्वेषपरायणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राग + द्वेष + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रागद्वेषयोः परायणाः = devoted to passion and hatred)

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• यस्य: of each (one)
• यस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each and every)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise; so
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/so; likewise)

• नार्यः: women
• नार्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मनोरमाः: charming; delightful
• मनोरमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with नार्यः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marketplace or court where ‘learned’ figures incite factions; wealthy houses become targets; desire and hatred personified as shadowy attendants of Kali.

Characters & Entities

• Kali Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali is marked by even the educated being ruled by attachment and hatred; dharma requires inner purification beyond mere learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse is diagnostic of Kali-era conduct.