Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
Devanagari script
कृपणोऽपि धनाढ्यश्चेदागच्छति हि याचितुम् । एष दास्यति मे किंचि दिति चित्ते नृणां भवेत्
Transliteration
kṛpaṇo'pi dhanāḍhyaścedāgacchati hi yācitum | eṣa dāsyati me kiṃci diti citte nṛṇāṃ bhavet
Translation
แต่หากแม้คนตระหนี่ผู้มั่งมีมาขอทาน ผู้คนก็คิดในใจว่า ‘เขาย่อมให้สิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่งแก่เราแน่’
Word by Word
कृपणःa miser/wretch
कृपणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular
अपिeven
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; ‘even/also’
धनाढ्यःa wealthy man
धनाढ्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘धनेन आढ्यः/धनाढ्यः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक अव्यय; ‘if’
आगच्छतिcomes
आगच्छति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; present indicative
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; हेतौ/निश्चये; emphatic particle ‘indeed’
याचितुम्to beg/ask
याचितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√याच् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive); ‘to beg/ask’
एषःthis (man)
एषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun
दास्यतिwill give
दास्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; future
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dative/genitive singular; here dative ‘to me’
किञ्चित्something
किञ्चित्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; indefinite pronoun; accusative singular
इतिthus
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय; quotative particle
चित्तेin the mind
चित्ते:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular
नृणाम्of men/people
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; genitive plural
भवेत्would arise/be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; optative ‘would be/arise’
Speaker
Ānarta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A richly dressed miser approaches with a begging gesture; onlookers smile and lean in, whispering hopes of reward; in contrast, a poor beggar is ignored in the background.
FAQs
People often honor wealth, not virtue; this exposes the need to ground life in dharma rather than social gain.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.