Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

वाण्युवाच । तुलसी रोपिता येन गृहस्थेन महाफला । गृहे तस्य न दारिद्र्यं जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

vāṇyuvāca | tulasī ropitā yena gṛhasthena mahāphalā | gṛhe tasya na dāridryaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

วาณีกล่าวว่า: คฤหัสถ์ผู้ใดปลูกตุลสีอันให้ผลยิ่งใหญ่ ในเรือนของผู้นั้นความยากจนย่อมไม่บังเกิดเลย ข้อนี้ไม่มีความสงสัย

Word by Word

• वाणी: Vāṇī (Sarasvatī)
• वाणी: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तुलसी: Tulasī (holy basil)
• तुलसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रोपिता: planted
• रोपिता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुप्/रोप् (धातु) → रोपित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'तुलसी' इति विशेषणम्

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणविभक्ति (by whom)

• गृहस्थेन: by a householder
• गृहस्थेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent)

• महाफला: greatly fruitful
• महाफला: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'तुलसी' इति विशेषणम्

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• तस्य: of him/of that (householder)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (of him)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Vāṇī (explicit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī (as gṛha-kṣetra-devī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder plants a young Tulasī sapling in a courtyard altar; family members offer water and a small lamp; Lakṣmī’s auspicious presence is suggested as a gentle aura over the home.

Characters & Entities

• Vāṇī
• Tulasī
• Gṛhastha (householder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotional acts in household life—like planting Tulasī—are upheld as dharmic foundations that invite well-being and stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse shifts from a place-māhātmya to Tulasī’s sanctity; no single tīrtha is named in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Planting (ropana) of Tulasī by a gṛhastha as a meritorious observance.