Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

श्वशुरस्यापि नो दत्तं किंचित्तेन दुरात्मना । भार्यायाः श्वेतवस्त्राणि मुक्त्वाऽन्यन्नैव किंचन

Transliteration

śvaśurasyāpi no dattaṃ kiṃcittena durātmanā | bhāryāyāḥ śvetavastrāṇi muktvā'nyannaiva kiṃcana

Translation

Тот злодей не дал ничего вовсе — даже своему тестю; а жене, кроме белых одежд, не дал ничего другого.

Word by Word

• śvaśurasya: of the father-in-law
• śvaśurasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvaśura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• naḥ: to us / for us
• naḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• dattam: given
• dattam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (past passive participle: 'given')

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite: 'anything')

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• durātmanā: by the wicked man
• durātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durātman (प्रातिपदिक: dur + ātman)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दुर् + आत्मन्)

• bhāryāyāḥ: of the wife
• bhāryāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• śveta-vastrāṇi: white garments
• śveta-vastrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्वेतानि वस्त्राणि)

• muktvā: having left (aside)
• muktvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having left/released)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• eva: at all / indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: 'indeed/only')

• kiṃcana: anything whatsoever
• kiṃcana: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निषेधसह (with negation: 'anything at all')

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; traditionally Sūta narrating to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a wealthy mansion: a stern, miserly husband offers only plain white garments to his wife; the wife stands subdued, eyes lowered; the atmosphere is emotionally cold despite material affluence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misery arises when a householder hoards wealth and neglects rightful giving and familial duties; dharma includes generosity and care.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is part of the moral narrative embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the verse implicitly condemns the absence of dāna (proper giving).