Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततः सुवर्णपूर्णानि विधायोदुम्बराणि च । तेषां मार्गाग्रतो भूमौ समंतादथ चाक्षिपत्

Transliteration

tataḥ suvarṇapūrṇāni vidhāyodumbarāṇi ca | teṣāṃ mārgāgrato bhūmau samaṃtādatha cākṣipat

Translation

پھر اس نے سونے سے بھرے ہوئے اُدُمبَر کے برتن تیار کرائے اور اُن کے راستے کے آگے، چاروں طرف زمین پر پھینک دیے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• सुवर्ण-पूर्णानि: filled with gold
• सुवर्ण-पूर्णानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पॄ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (सुवर्णेन/सुवर्णस्य पूर्णानि = filled with gold); विशेषणम्

• विधाय: having made/prepared
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) उपसर्ग-पूर्वक (वि-); अव्ययभाव

• उदुम्बराणि: udumbara vessels/containers
• उदुम्बराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; (उदुम्बर-पात्राणि/फलानि इत्यर्थे)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मार्ग-अग्रतः: in front of (their) path
• मार्ग-अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (अग्रतः = in front); ‘मार्गस्य अग्रतः’

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• समन्तात्: all around
• समन्तात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/परितः-अर्थक (all around)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक (then)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• अक्षिपत्: he threw/cast
• अक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a forest road, the ground ahead of the sages is strewn with shining gold-filled udumbara bowls, placed deliberately as a snare; the sages approach with composed faces.

Characters & Entities

• Udumbara vessels
• Gold (suvarṇa)
• Sages

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth is used as a test; spiritual travelers must maintain purity and discernment even when riches appear on their path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it is a lead-in episode on the journey toward Camatkārapura-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an act of placing gold-filled vessels as a temptation.