Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि यन्मे गृहमुपागतः । सर्वोऽयं नागरो लोको भर्तृयज्ञसमन्वितः

Transliteration

dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yanme gṛhamupāgataḥ | sarvo'yaṃ nāgaro loko bhartṛyajñasamanvitaḥ

Translation

“ข้าพเจ้าเป็นผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ข้าพเจ้าได้รับพระกรุณา—เพราะท่านทั้งหลายได้มาถึงเรือนของข้า ชาวนาคระทั้งมวลนี้พร้อมเพรียงกันในการประกอบภรฺตฤ-ยัชญะ”

Word by Word

• धन्यः: fortunate/blessed
• धन्यः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस् भुवि) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अनुगृहीतः: favoured/blessed (by you)
• अनुगृहीतः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + √ग्रह् (ग्रहण) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस् भुवि) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यत्: since/because
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक (conjunction/relative particle)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपागतः: has come/arrived
• उपागतः: Kriya (Relative-clause predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √गम् (गम् गतौ) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past active participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोग (agreeing with implied ‘त्वम्/भवान्’)

• सर्वः: entire
• सर्वः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• नागरः: of the city; civic
• नागरः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying lokaḥ)

• लोकः: people/community
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भर्तृयज्ञसमन्वितः: endowed with the bhartṛ-yajña (rite/sacrifice)
• भर्तृयज्ञसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भर्तृ + यज्ञ + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (bhartṛ-yajña = ‘husband’s rite’/‘lord’s sacrifice’) + समन्वित (endowed with)

Speaker

Pṛthivīpati (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhartṛ-yajña (as a named communal rite in this episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, hands folded, declares himself blessed; behind him stands a gathered Nāgara community prepared for Bhartṛ-yajña—men with ritual items, elders, and attendants in orderly devotion.

Characters & Entities

• pṛthivīpati (king)
• nāgara loka (Nāgara people)
• bhartṛyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A guest’s arrival is seen as divine grace; collective ritual life strengthens dharma within a community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line emphasizes a Nāgara community and their rite; it does not name a particular tīrtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Bhartṛ-yajña is referenced as an ongoing communal observance, though its procedure is not detailed here.