Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वयं दरिद्रदोषेण सदा युष्मद्गृहे स्थिताः । कर्शिता न च संप्राप्तं सुखं मर्त्यसमु द्भवम्

Transliteration

vayaṃ daridradoṣeṇa sadā yuṣmadgṛhe sthitāḥ | karśitā na ca saṃprāptaṃ sukhaṃ martyasamu dbhavam

Translation

కానీ దారిద్ర్యదోషం వల్ల మేము ఎల్లప్పుడూ మీ గృహంలోనే ఆశ్రయంగా ఉన్నాము. కష్టాలతో క్షీణించాము; మానవజీవితంలో కలిగే సాధారణ సుఖమూ మాకు దక్కలేదు.

Word by Word

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• daridra-doṣeṇa: due to the fault of poverty
• daridra-doṣeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daridra (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दरिद्रस्य दोषः (fault of poverty)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); नित्यत्वार्थ (always)

• yuṣmad-gṛhe: in your house
• yuṣmad-gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—युष्माकं गृहम् (your house)

• sthitāḥ: have remained
• sthitāḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• karśitāḥ: emaciated/afflicted
• karśitāḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• saṃprāptam: has been obtained
• saṃprāptam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• martya-samudbhavam: born of mortal life/worldly
• martya-samudbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—मर्त्यानां समुद्भवम् (arising among mortals / worldly)

Speaker

The wives (bhāryāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women speak with weary dignity, indicating long dependence in the sages’ household; their attire may show contrast—some ornaments yet faces marked by fatigue—highlighting the paradox of status and deprivation.

Characters & Entities

• daridra (poverty)
• gṛha (house)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material deprivation can crush human flourishing; dharma includes responding to suffering with wise support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is identified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a lament and petition within the narrative.