Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । संतुष्टः केन चाल्योऽस्ति फलैरपि विवर्जितः । सर्वोपीन्द्रियलौल्येन संकटे भ्रमति द्विजाः

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | saṃtuṣṭaḥ kena cālyo'sti phalairapi vivarjitaḥ | sarvopīndriyalaulyena saṃkaṭe bhramati dvijāḥ

Translation

Gautama nói: Người đã tri túc thì ai có thể khuấy động được, dẫu không có quả báo hay phần thưởng? Thế nhưng mọi người vì ham mê các căn mà lạc vào khốn nạn, hỡi các Bà-la-môn.

Word by Word

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: content, satisfied
• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• kena: by what? / by whom?
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• ālyaḥ: to be moved/shaken
• ālyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• phalaiḥ: by fruits/results
• phalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• vivarjitaḥ: devoid of, bereft
• vivarjitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√vṛj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvaḥ: everyone
• sarvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश (pronominal adjective used substantively)

• api: indeed/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• indriya-laulyena: by sense-restlessness/greed
• indriya-laulyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + laulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (indriyāṇāṃ laulyaṃ = greediness of the senses)

• saṃkaṭe: in distress/difficulty
• saṃkaṭe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• bhramati: wanders
• bhramati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Gautama

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-āśrama discourse: sage Gautama seated calmly, radiating composure; a group of brāhmaṇas listen while, in the background, figures chase sensory objects and stumble into thorny paths—symbolizing distress born of craving.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• dvija
• indriya-laulya
• santoṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contentment makes a person unshakable, while sense-greed leads even the learned into anxiety and danger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it offers general dharmic counsel within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is mentioned; the implied discipline is indriya-nigraha (control of the senses).