Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सदपत्यैः सदाचारैः सतां शुश्रूषणैरपि । विमत्सरैः सदा स्थेयं तापक्लेशविवर्जितैः

Transliteration

sadapatyaiḥ sadācāraiḥ satāṃ śuśrūṣaṇairapi | vimatsaraiḥ sadā stheyaṃ tāpakleśavivarjitaiḥ

Translation

நல்ல சந்ததி, நல்லொழுக்கம், சான்றோரின் பணிவிடை ஆகியவற்றோடு எப்போதும் வாழ வேண்டும். பொறாமையின்றி, தாபக் கிளேசங்களால் தீண்டப்படாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• सत्-अपत्यैः: by those with good children
• सत्-अपत्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘सदपत्य’ = having good offspring

• सत्-आचारैः: by those of good conduct
• सत्-आचारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘good conduct’

• सताम्: of the good (saints)
• सताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• शुश्रूषणैः: by acts of service/attendance
• शुश्रूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक; from √श्रु with desiderative sense)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• वि-मात्सरैः: by the non-envious
• वि-मात्सरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) + मात्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘विमात्सर’ = free from envy

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• स्थेयम्: one should remain
• स्थेयम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थेय (कृदन्त; विधिलिङ्गार्थे भाव्य/कर्तव्य)
• Form: कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘should be stayed/should remain’

• ताप-क्लेश-विवर्जितैः: by those free from suffering and affliction
• ताप-क्लेश-विवर्जितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘विवर्जित’ (ppp of √वर्ज्) = devoid of

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm domestic-ashramic scene: a householder with family and modest prosperity serves a seated saintly group; envy and affliction are symbolized as fading flames behind him.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A stable dharmic life is built on good conduct, service to the virtuous, and freedom from envy, leading to freedom from inner torment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; it concludes a sequence of general dharma-virtues within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific ritual; it prescribes ethical cultivation—sadācāra, sat-sevā, and nirmatsaratā—as sustained disciplines.