Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र संपदस्तस्य संतुष्टं यस्य मानसम् । उपानद्गूढपादस्य ननु चर्मावृतेव भूः

Transliteration

sarvatra saṃpadastasya saṃtuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam | upānadgūḍhapādasya nanu carmāvṛteva bhūḥ

Translation

心满意足者，处处皆得福资与安泰。诚然，足履草鞋而护其足之人，犹如大地尽被皮革所覆。

Word by Word

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (everywhere)

• saṃpadaḥ: prosperities/wealths
• saṃpadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• saṃtuṣṭam: content/satisfied
• saṃtuṣṭam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√tuṣ (धातु: तुष्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: विशेषण of mānasam)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mānasam: mind
• mānasam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• upānat-gūḍha-pādasya: of one whose feet are covered by sandals
• upānat-gūḍha-pādasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upānat (प्रातिपदिक) + gūḍha (प्रातिपदिक/PPP) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (upānadbhiḥ gūḍhāḥ pādāḥ yasya), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• nanu: surely/indeed
• nanu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nanu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (surely/indeed; interrogative-emphatic)

• carma-āvṛtā: covered with leather
• carma-āvṛtā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: carma (प्रातिपदिक) + āvṛta (प्रातिपदिक/PPP)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (carmāṇā āvṛtā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (Simile marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानसूचक (like/as)

• bhūḥ: earth/ground
• bhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic verse within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching tableau illustrating the simile: a pilgrim wearing sandals walks comfortably across varied terrain, while the sage explains that contentment makes the whole world ‘soft’ to the mind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contentment makes one inwardly wealthy; by reducing craving, life becomes easy everywhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya), though this verse teaches a general dharmic principle rather than naming a sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on cultivating saṃtoṣa (contentment).