Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

य इच्छेत्पण्यसंसिद्धिं व्यवहारसमुद्भवाम् । अष्टम्यां युज्यते श्राद्धं तस्य कर्तुं नराधिप

Transliteration

ya icchetpaṇyasaṃsiddhiṃ vyavahārasamudbhavām | aṣṭamyāṃ yujyate śrāddhaṃ tasya kartuṃ narādhipa

Translation

ข้าแต่องค์ผู้ครองมนุษย์ ผู้ใดปรารถนาความสำเร็จในพาณิชย์และกำไรอันเกิดจากการค้าขาย ผู้นั้นควรประกอบศราทธะในวันทิถีที่แปด

Word by Word

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• icchet: would wish
• icchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• paṇya-saṃsiddhim: success in trade/merchandise
• paṇya-saṃsiddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (paṇyasya saṃsiddhiḥ)

• vyavahāra-samudbhavām: arising from business dealings
• vyavahāra-samudbhavām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyavahāra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhavā (समुद्भव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vyavahārāt samudbhavā) विशेषणम् (paṇyasaṃsiddhim)

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (tithi)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• yujyate: is appropriate/is enjoined
• yujyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is appropriate)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karta (Logical subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: for him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• kartum: to perform
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tumun (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव

• narādhipa: O king
• narādhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (narāṇām adhipaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic instruction to a king; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A merchant-householder performs śrāddha on Aṣṭamī; nearby are ledgers, scales, and goods; the scene conveys that commerce prospers under ancestral blessing and righteous dealing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ethical prosperity is framed as flowing from dharma—especially honoring ancestors through properly timed śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single sacred site is specified in the provided verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha on Aṣṭamī (eighth lunar day) for success in commerce and transactions.