Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

दर्शयामासुरेवास्य निधानं भूरिवित्तजम् । तदादाय गतस्तत्र यत्रासौ नैष्ठिकः स्थितः

Transliteration

darśayāmāsurevāsya nidhānaṃ bhūrivittajam | tadādāya gatastatra yatrāsau naiṣṭhikaḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

แล้วเขาทั้งหลายก็ชี้ให้เขาเห็นขุมทรัพย์ที่ฝังไว้ อุดมด้วยทรัพย์สินมากมาย; ครั้นเก็บเอามาแล้ว เขาก็ไปยังที่ซึ่งฤๅษีนิษฐิกะ (naiṣṭhika) ผู้มั่นคงพำนักอยู่

Word by Word

• दर्शयामासुः: they showed
• दर्शयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; णिजन्त-धातु ‘दर्शय’ (to show)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भवः; षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive), एकवचनम्

• निधानम्: treasure, deposit
• निधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भूरिवित्तजम्: produced from abundant wealth
• भूरिवित्तजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि + वित्त + ज (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः: भूरि-वित्तात् जातम् (born of much wealth / consisting of much wealth); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘निधानम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• तत्: that (treasure)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘निधानम्’ इत्यस्य निर्देशः

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु) → आदाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) from आ+दा (to take); ‘having taken’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle) ‘गत’; पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक (locative adverb)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (relative locative adverb: where)

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम ‘अदस्’; पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• नैष्ठिकः: the steadfast ascetic
• नैष्ठिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैष्ठिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘असौ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (one devoted/steadfast, ascetic)

• स्थितः: was staying
• स्थितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle) ‘स्थित’; पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific named speaker not present in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the sacred field, the attendants reveal a buried hoard of abundant wealth; the man gathers it and proceeds to the dwelling of a steadfast ascetic.

Characters & Entities

• nidhāna
• naiṣṭhika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material resources are shown as secondary; they gain true meaning when directed toward dharma and approached with guidance from the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka continues a kṣetra-based narrative but does not name the tirtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is specified here; the verse sets up approaching a naiṣṭhika who will guide the dhārmic course of action.