Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

अत्युपयुक्ताः सद्भिर्गतागतैरहरहः सुनिर्विण्णाः । कृपणजनसंनिकाशं संप्राप्यार्थाः स्वपंतीह

Transliteration

atyupayuktāḥ sadbhirgatāgatairaharahaḥ sunirviṇṇāḥ | kṛpaṇajanasaṃnikāśaṃ saṃprāpyārthāḥ svapaṃtīha

Translation

ทรัพย์ที่คนดีใช้มากในการไปมาอยู่เสมอ (เพื่อรับใช้และให้ทาน) ย่อมอ่อนล้าลงทุกวัน แต่เมื่อมาถึงละแวกคนตระหนี่ ทรัพย์นั้นกลับเหมือนหลับใหลอยู่ที่นี่ ไร้ผลไร้ประโยชน์

Word by Word

• अति: excessively, very much
• अति: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अतिशयार्थक-अव्यय (prefix/adverb: excessively)

• उपयुक्ताः: well-used, much-utilized
• उपयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'used/put to use'

• सद्भिः: by good people
• सद्भिः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; 'सत्' = सज्जन

• गतागतैः: by comings and goings
• गतागतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गत-आगत (प्रातिपदिक: गत + आगत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (गमनं च आगमनं च)

• अहरहः: day after day
• अहरहः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहरहः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: day by day/continually)

• सुनिर्विण्णाः: utterly weary, disheartened
• सुनिर्विण्णाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-निर्-विद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त; 'thoroughly dejected/disgusted'

• कृपणजनसंनिकाशम्: the vicinity/likeness of miserly people
• कृपणजनसंनिकाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपण-जन-संनिकाश (प्रातिपदिक: कृपण + जन + संनिकाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (कृपणजनस्य संनिकाशः = समीपता/सदृशता)

• संप्राप्य: having reached
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (absolutive): 'having reached'

• अर्थाः: wealth, riches
• अर्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्वपन्ति: sleep, lie dormant
• स्वपन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Animated coins and grain-sacks moving joyfully between households of the generous, then turning dull and ‘sleeping’ as they enter the dark storehouse of a miser.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Resources become meaningful when they circulate in dharmic use; hoarding makes wealth inert and spiritually unproductive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a general moral teaching within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied prescription toward dāna and service—keeping wealth active in righteous acts rather than letting it stagnate.