Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कारयत्यर्थजातैश्च परकीयस्वकीयजैः । एवमर्थश्च बहुधा संजातो धर्मदर्शिनः

Transliteration

kārayatyarthajātaiśca parakīyasvakīyajaiḥ | evamarthaśca bahudhā saṃjāto dharmadarśinaḥ

Translation

परकीयस्वकीयजैः अर्थजातैः स कारयति कर्माणि। एवं धर्मदर्शिनः तस्य बहुधा अर्थः संजातः॥

Word by Word

• कारयति: causes to be done / gets done
• कारयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (णिच्-प्रत्यय, causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• अर्थजातैः: by wealth that had arisen (profits)
• अर्थजातैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ + जात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (अर्थेन जातानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• परकीयस्वकीयजैः: by those arising from others’ and one’s own (sources)
• परकीयस्वकीयजैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परकीय + स्वकीय + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (परकीय-स्वकीय) + ज (उत्पन्न)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/in this way)

• अर्थः: wealth
• अर्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• बहुधा: in many ways
• बहुधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in many ways/much)

• संजातः: arose/was produced
• संजातः: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle), कर्तरि प्रयोग; 'came into being'

• धर्मदर्शिनः: of the righteous/one who sees dharma
• धर्मदर्शिनः: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + दर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (धर्मं पश्यति इति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The dharma-seeing householder commissioning works: artisans building a well/ghāṭa or renovating a shrine; the patron stands modestly, offering payment and prayers.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth is meaningful when directed into constructive deeds, guided by dharma-vision (dharma-darśin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the lead-up typical of māhātmya storytelling.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implies dharmic spending—commissioning beneficial works.