Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

नास्माभिः सह संपर्कं कदाचित्त्वं करिष्यसि । गृहीतं यत्त्वया दानं पापपिंडसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

nāsmābhiḥ saha saṃparkaṃ kadācittvaṃ kariṣyasi | gṛhītaṃ yattvayā dānaṃ pāpapiṃḍasamudbhavam

Translation

“เจ้าจะไม่มีวันคบหากับพวกเราอีก เพราะเจ้าได้รับ ‘ทาน’ ที่เกิดจากก้อนแห่งบาปนั้น”

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• अस्माभिः: with us
• अस्माभिः: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural ‘by/with us’

• सह: with
• सह: Sahārtha (Comitative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश) — ‘with’

• संपर्कम्: contact/association
• संपर्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• कदाचित्: ever
• कदाचित्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘ever/at any time’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — pronoun ‘you’

• करिष्यसि: will make/do
• करिष्यसि: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (परस्मैपद), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — simple future ‘you will do/make’

• गृहीतम्: accepted
• गृहीतम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘taken/accepted’ (predicate/qualifier of दानम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Relative object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘which/that’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent (Instrumental agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental ‘by you’

• दानम्: gift
• दानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘gift/alms’

• पापपिण्डसमुद्भवम्: arising from the sin-lump
• पापपिण्डसमुद्भवम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापपिण्ड + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — adjective qualifying दानम्; तत्पुरुष ‘arisen from the sin-lump’

Speaker

Townspeople (Nāgaras) speaking to Vātaka (reported speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of townsmen keeps distance from the brāhmaṇa, palms raised in refusal; the brāhmaṇa stands alone holding a small bundle/coin-pouch symbolizing the ‘gift’, while the crowd’s stance signals ostracism.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgaras (townspeople)
• Brāhmaṇa (Vātaka implied)
• Pāpapiṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ethics of receiving (pratigraha) matter; society judges the receiver by the perceived purity and origin of what is accepted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting continues within the Gartā-tīrtha episode of this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it warns about accepting gifts associated with sin; the technical issue is the propriety of pratigraha.