Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

पूजां ये च करिष्यंति भविष्यंति च निर्धनाः । कथं न लज्जितोसि त्वमेतत्कुर्वन्विगर्हितम्

Transliteration

pūjāṃ ye ca kariṣyaṃti bhaviṣyaṃti ca nirdhanāḥ | kathaṃ na lajjitosi tvametatkurvanvigarhitam

Translation

Những ai sẽ cử hành lễ cúng bái theo cách ấy cũng sẽ trở nên nghèo túng. Sao ngươi không biết hổ thẹn, khi làm điều bị chê trách như vậy?

Word by Word

• pūjām: worship, offering
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kariṣyanti: will do/perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• bhaviṣyanti: will be/become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• nirdhanāḥ: poor people
• nirdhanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir-dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• katham: how?
• katham: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• lajjitaḥ: ashamed
• lajjitaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lajjita (लज्जित प्रातिपदिक; √lajj (लज्ज्) धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम

• kurvan: doing
• kurvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vigarhitam: blameworthy, censured
• vigarhitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-garhita (विगर्हित प्रातिपदिक; √garh (गर्ह्) धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (etad)

Speaker

Unspecified (admonitory narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral reprimand in a pilgrimage setting: an elder/ācārya figure admonishes a ritual-performer whose act is censured; nearby stand anxious devotees, including poor householders, suggesting the social harm of wrong worship.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship must align with dharma; improper or censured conduct—even if labeled “pūjā”—brings harmful results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is named in this verse; it is embedded in a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter but functions as moral warning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references “pūjā” and warns of consequences when performed in a blameworthy manner; no positive procedure is detailed here.