Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अन्येषां विषयस्थानामिह लोकः प्रकीर्तितः । भोगप्रसक्तचित्तानां नीचानां सुदुरात्मनाम्

Transliteration

anyeṣāṃ viṣayasthānāmiha lokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | bhogaprasaktacittānāṃ nīcānāṃ sudurātmanām

Translation

ஆனால் புலன்விஷயங்களில் நிலைத்திருப்போர்க்கு இவ்வுலகமே அவர்களின் ‘உலகம்’ எனப் புகழப்படுகிறது; இன்பத்தில் பற்றிய மனம் உடைய, தாழ்ந்த குணமுடைய, மிகத் தீய உள்ளத்தோர்.

Word by Word

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• विषयस्थानाम्: of those situated in sense-objects
• विषयस्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विषयेषु स्थानानि/विषयस्य स्थानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

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

• लोकः: world, realm
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तितः: is proclaimed, is declared
• प्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate)

• भोगप्रसक्तचित्तानाम्: of those whose minds are attached to enjoyment
• भोगप्रसक्तचित्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोग + प्रसक्त + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (भोगे प्रसक्तं चित्तं येषाम् इति; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे षष्ठी-बहुवचन प्रयोगः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'अन्येषाम्')

• नीचानाम्: of the low/base (people)
• नीचानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सुदुरात्मनाम्: of the very wicked
• सुदुरात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु-दुरात्मानः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

The wives (bhāryāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two contrasted groups: one absorbed in pleasures (feasting, gambling, sensuality) in dim tones; the other hinted in the background as calm pilgrims/ascetics. The ‘realm’ of the attached appears enclosed and heavy.

Characters & Entities

• viṣaya (sense-objects)
• bhoga (enjoyment)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Clinging to sense-pleasure narrows life to the merely worldly and erodes character.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; this is a general dharmic evaluation of dispositions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral categorization, not a ritual directive.