Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र संपदस्तस्य संतुष्टं यस्य मानसम् । उपानद्गूढपादस्य ननु चर्मास्तृतेव भूः

Transliteration

sarvatra saṃpadastasya saṃtuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam | upānadgūḍhapādasya nanu carmāstṛteva bhūḥ

Translation

Sa may pusong kontento, ang kasaganaan ay nasa lahat ng dako. Sa may paa na natatakpan ng sandalyas, ang lupa ay wari’y nababalutan ng balat.

Word by Word

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃpadaḥ: prosperities, fortunes
• saṃpadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• saṃtuṣṭam: content
• saṃtuṣṭam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying mānasam)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mānasam: mind
• mānasam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• upānat-gūḍha-pādasya: of one whose feet are covered by sandals
• upānat-gūḍha-pādasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upānat (प्रातिपदिक) + gūḍha (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (upānadbhiḥ gūḍhau pādau yasya = whose feet are covered by sandals)

• nanu: indeed
• nanu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nanu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/why)

• carmāstṛtā: covered with leather
• carmāstṛtā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: carma (प्रातिपदिक) + āstṛta (आ-√stṛ (धातु) + kta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (carmabhiḥ āstṛtā = covered with leather)

• iva: as if/like
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• bhūḥ: earth
• bhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gautama (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegory: a pilgrim with sandals walks calmly over thorny, stony ground; beside him, another barefoot person complains and stumbles. Above, a subtle aura indicates ‘prosperity everywhere’ for the content mind.

Characters & Entities

• santoṣa
• upānat

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contentment is inner wealth; by adjusting the mind (like wearing sandals), one need not ‘cover the whole world’ with possessions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supplies a universal teaching suitable to tīrtha contexts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it recommends a mental discipline—cultivating santoṣa—rather than an external ritual.