Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणाद्वित्तं मया त्यक्तं तपोधनाः । तेन सौख्येन तिष्ठामि कुररस्योपदेशतः

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇādvittaṃ mayā tyaktaṃ tapodhanāḥ | tena saukhyena tiṣṭhāmi kurarasyopadeśataḥ

Translation

اسی سبب سے، اے ریاضت کے خزانو! میں نے دولت ترک کر دی۔ اسی ترکِ دنیا کے سکھ میں، کُرَر پرندے کی نصیحت کے مطابق میں خوشی سے قائم ہوں۔

Word by Word

• etasmāt: from this
• etasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napuṃsaka-linga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Pañcamī-vibhakti (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• kāraṇāt: from the reason/cause
• kāraṇāt: Hetu/Reason (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka-linga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Pañcamī-vibhakti (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka-linga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (singular)

• tyaktam: abandoned/left
• tyaktam: Karma (Object described/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त) past passive participle (भूतकर्मणि क्त), Napuṃsaka-linga, Dvitīyā-vibhakti, Ekavacana; agrees with 'vittam'

• tapodhanāḥ: O ascetics rich in austerity
• tapodhanāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष): tapo-dhanāḥ; Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā-vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (plural), sambodhana-artha (vocative sense)

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napuṃsaka-linga, Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (singular)

• saukhyena: with happiness/comfort
• saukhyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka-linga, Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (singular)

• tiṣṭhāmi: I remain/stand
• tiṣṭhāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (singular)

• kurarasya: of the kurara (bird)
• kurarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (singular)

• upadeśataḥ: due to the instruction/teaching
• upadeśataḥ: Hetu/Reason (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upadeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) formed with -tas (तस्) taddhita; ablatival adverbial sense

Speaker

An unnamed renunciate/narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (concluding the kurara-teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tapasvins / mahābhāgāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A renunciant speaker addresses ascetics, declaring he has abandoned wealth and now abides in happiness after receiving instruction from a kurara bird; the setting suggests a forest-edge or riverside hermitage near a tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• kurara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renouncing wealth-attachment yields genuine happiness and supports the path to mokṣa, as taught by the ‘kurara-guru’ example.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is primarily an ethical conclusion within Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not itself name a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is specified; the core prescription is tyāga (letting go of wealth-attachment) as a spiritual discipline.