Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

विदुषां स गृहे जन्म याज्ञिकानां सदा लभेत् । न कदाचित्तु मूर्खार्णां निन्दितानां कथञ्चन

Transliteration

viduṣāṃ sa gṛhe janma yājñikānāṃ sadā labhet | na kadācittu mūrkhārṇāṃ ninditānāṃ kathañcana

Translation

அவர் எப்போதும் அறிஞர்களும் யாகநிஷ்டர்களும் உள்ள இல்லங்களில் பிறப்பைப் பெறுவார்; மூடரும் பழிக்கத்தக்கவரும் உள்ள குலத்தில் ஒருபோதும் பிறக்கமாட்டார்.

Word by Word

• विदुषाम्: of the learned
• विदुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘जन्म लभेत्’ इति कर्मपदम्

• याज्ञिकानाम्: of sacrificers/ritualists
• याज्ञिकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निषेध (negation particle)

• कदाचित्: ever
• कदाचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—कालवाचक (adverb: ever/at any time)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—विरोध/अवधारण (particle: but/indeed)

• मूर्खाणाम्: of fools
• मूर्खाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• निन्दितानाम्: of the condemned/blameworthy
• निन्दितानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निन्दित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; निन्द् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• कथञ्चन: in any way (at all)
• कथञ्चन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रकार/निषेध-बलवर्धक (adverb: in any way/at all)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: learned brāhmaṇas performing yajña in a clean courtyard, while a luminous thread of merit links the devotee’s act at the tīrtha to a future noble birth; shadowy figures of ‘nindita’ are kept at a distance.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñika (ritualist)
• Phalaśruti (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pious acts shape future destiny—leading to uplifting births and avoidance of degrading associations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement functions as fruit-of-worship within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Gaṇapati Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it concludes the promised results of prior worship/recitation/support.