Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तस्य सक्तं धनं भूयः साधुमार्गेण चाहृतम् । स चापि च गुरुर्मह्यं परलोकमिहागतः

Transliteration

tasya saktaṃ dhanaṃ bhūyaḥ sādhumārgeṇa cāhṛtam | sa cāpi ca gururmahyaṃ paralokamihāgataḥ

Translation

ต่อมา ด้วยหนทางแห่งธรรม ข้าพเจ้าได้ทรัพย์ที่เคยติดพันและสูญหายนั้นกลับคืนมาอีกครั้ง และบุคคลผู้นั้นเอง—ผู้เป็นครูของข้าพเจ้า—บัดนี้ได้มาถึงที่นี่จากปรโลกแล้ว

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सक्तम्: clung-to/hoarded
• सक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सञ्ज्/सज् (धातु) → सक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies धनम्: 'attached/hoarded')

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थे (adverb: 'again/further')

• साधुमार्गेण: by the righteous path
• साधुमार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (साधूनां मार्गः/साधुमार्गः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• आहृतम्: was obtained/brought
• आहृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हृ (धातु) → आहृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (PPP: 'was brought/obtained')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अपि: also
• अपि: None (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• गुरुः: the guru
• गुरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• परलोकम्: the other world
• परलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: 'here')

• आगतः: came
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि (PPP used actively: 'came')

Speaker

Duḥśīla (inferred; the respondent in this dialogue before Durvāsā speaks explicitly at 79)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker narrates a reversal: wealth regained by righteous conduct; then a startling revelation—his guru appears as if arriving from the other world, demanding resolution.

Characters & Entities

• guru
• paraloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth and life-events become purified when regained or handled through sādhu-mārga (righteous means), and the guru becomes central to one’s spiritual course.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, but no specific tīrtha name is stated in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on sādhumārga (ethical rectitude) and the guru-relationship.