Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

गृहस्थाश्रमिणां चैव स्वधर्मरतचेतसाम् । इह लोकः परश्चैव जायते नाऽत्र संशयः

Transliteration

gṛhasthāśramiṇāṃ caiva svadharmaratacetasām | iha lokaḥ paraścaiva jāyate nā'tra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

गृहस्थाश्रमिणां तु स्वधर्मरतचेतसाम्; इह लोकः परश्चैव सिद्ध्यति, नात्र संशयः।

Word by Word

• गृहस्थाश्रमिणाम्: of the householders (those in the householder-āśrama)
• गृहस्थाश्रमिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ + आश्रमिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गृहस्थ-आश्रमिणः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• स्वधर्मरतचेतसाम्: of those whose minds delight in their own duty
• स्वधर्मरतचेतसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वधर्म + रत + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (स्वधर्मे रतं चेतः येषाम् इति; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे षष्ठी-बहुवचन); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• लोकः: world
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परः: other (world)
• परः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied 'लोकः')

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• जायते: arises, is obtained
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: no, not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अत्र: herein
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

The wives (bhāryāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ideal householder couple performing svadharma: offering to fire/Deity, feeding guests/pilgrims, with a tīrtha/temple in the background symbolizing both-worlds attainment.

Characters & Entities

• gṛhastha-āśrama
• svadharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When lived in svadharma, household life can yield both worldly stability and spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite; the prescription is broad—steadfastness in svadharma within gṛhastha life.