Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यस्य चास्ति गृहे वित्तं तरुण्यश्च तथा स्त्रियः । तेनतेन समं सख्यं प्रकुर्वन्ति नरा भुवि

Transliteration

yasya cāsti gṛhe vittaṃ taruṇyaśca tathā striyaḥ | tenatena samaṃ sakhyaṃ prakurvanti narā bhuvi

Translation

زمین پر جس کے گھر میں دولت ہو، جوانی ہو اور عورتیں بھی میسر ہوں، لوگ اسی کے ساتھ برابری کی دوستی جوڑ لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriyā (Existence)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gṛhe: in (his) house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Kartā (Subject of ‘asti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘अस्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्तृ/विषय (existential subject)

• taruṇyaḥ: young women
• taruṇyaḥ: Kartā (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taruṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• tathā: also
• tathā: Samuccaya (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Kartā (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tena: by that (person/thing)
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘तेन तेन’ इति वीप्सा

• tena: by that (one)
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; वीप्सा-प्रयोगः (each and every such)

• samam: equally/with
• samam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverb: equally/with)

• sakhyam: friendship
• sakhyam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prakurvanti: they form/establish
• prakurvanti: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Men cluster around a wealthy house with festive signs, ignoring a poor but virtuous neighbor; the scene contrasts glittering opportunism with quiet dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Men (Narāḥ)
• Earth (Bhū)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When relationships are driven by wealth and desire, loyalty becomes unstable; dharma calls for virtue-based friendship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a social observation rather than a ritual instruction.