Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तथापि मम भाग्येन मत्पुण्यैर्मद्गृहं गतः । न तृप्ये त्वन्मुखांभोजाच्च्युतं वाक्यामृतं पुनः

Transliteration

tathāpi mama bhāgyena matpuṇyairmadgṛhaṃ gataḥ | na tṛpye tvanmukhāṃbhojāccyutaṃ vākyāmṛtaṃ punaḥ

Translation

“Dẫu vậy, nhờ phước duyên của tôi và công đức tôi đã tạo, ngài đã đến nhà tôi. Thế nhưng tôi vẫn chẳng bao giờ thỏa lòng, khi hết lần này đến lần khác được nếm cam lộ lời ngài tuôn từ miệng sen.”

Word by Word

• tathā api: nevertheless
• tathā api: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-द्वयम्; tathā (nevertheless/so) + api (even/also)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhāgyena: by (good) fortune
• bhāgyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• mat-puṇyaiḥ: by my merits
• mat-puṇyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mama puṇyaiḥ)

• mad-gṛham: my house
• mad-gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mama gṛham)

• gataḥ: has come
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• tṛpye: I am satisfied
• tṛpye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• tvat-mukha-ambhojāt: from the lotus of your face
• tvat-mukha-ambhojāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम) + mukha + ambhoja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (tava mukhasya ambhojāt = from the lotus of your face)

• cyutam: fallen/flowing forth
• cyutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cyuta (कृदन्त; √cyu)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vākya-amṛtam: nectar-like words
• vākya-amṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (amṛtaṃ vākyaṃ)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनः-शब्दः (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (a host/devotee addressing a revered brāhmaṇa/sage)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śūdra (host)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The host offers water and a seat to the visiting brāhmaṇa; the host’s face shows grateful wonder, as if drinking the nectar of speech; lotus imagery subtly frames the narrator’s mouth/words.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya ripens into satsaṅga: hosting and hearing a saint is itself a devotional blessing that never feels ‘enough’ to the sincere seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse itself praises satsaṅga rather than naming a particular tīrtha; it sits within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the implied dharma is honoring holy guests and listening to dhārmic discourse.