Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

किं त्वां कल्याणि वक्ष्यामः स्वयं धर्मार्थवादिनीम् । सवरेंपि गुणैर्युक्ता नित्यं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठिताम्

Transliteration

kiṃ tvāṃ kalyāṇi vakṣyāmaḥ svayaṃ dharmārthavādinīm | savareṃpi guṇairyuktā nityaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitām

Translation

โอ้ผู้เป็นมงคล เราจะกล่าวสิ่งใดแก่ท่านได้เล่า—ท่านเองเป็นผู้กล่าววาจาแห่งธรรมอันมีประโยชน์ ประกอบด้วยคุณความดีทั้งปวง และตั้งมั่นอยู่ในสัจจะเสมอ

Word by Word

• किम्: why?/what (indeed)
• किम्: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्री/पुं (common), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कल्याणि: O auspicious lady
• कल्याणि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामः: we shall speak/say
• वक्ष्यामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• स्वयम्: by oneself; oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• धर्मार्थवादिनीम्: one who speaks of dharma and artha
• धर्मार्थवादिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अर्थ + वादिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (धर्मार्थौ वदतीति)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle: also/even)

• गुणैः: with virtues/qualities
• गुणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• युक्ता: endowed/connected
• युक्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always)

• सत्ये: in truth
• सत्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठिताम्: established/firmly set
• प्रतिष्ठिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sakhyaḥ (continuing praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful exchange where companions praise an auspicious woman for her truthfulness and dharmic counsel; intimate, human-scale moment within a pilgrimage tale.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī
• Dharma
• Artha
• Satya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True virtue culminates in satya-niṣṭhā—being unwaveringly grounded in truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in the verse; it supports the chapter’s dharmic tenor within the pilgrimage framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is laudatory speech highlighting virtues.