Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ऐश्वर्यं प्राप्यते यद्वल्लक्ष्मीतीर्थनिमज्जनात् । सर्वपापानि नश्यंति विप्रा यांति लयं सदा

Transliteration

aiśvaryaṃ prāpyate yadvallakṣmītīrthanimajjanāt | sarvapāpāni naśyaṃti viprā yāṃti layaṃ sadā

Translation

وكما تُنال السيادةُ والرخاءُ بالانغماس في تيرثا لاكشمي، كذلك تفنى جميعُ الخطايا؛ والبرهمنةُ يبلغون دائمًا الانحلالَ الأخير، راحةَ التحرّر من قيود الدنيا.

Word by Word

• aiśvaryam: prosperity, sovereignty
• aiśvaryam: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्तृस्थानी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी (subject of passive)

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• yadvat: just as, inasmuch as
• yadvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथार्थे/उपमानार्थे (comparative particle ‘just as/inasmuch as’)

• lakṣmī-tīrtha-nimajjanāt: from immersion in Lakṣmī-tīrtha
• lakṣmī-tīrtha-nimajjanāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + nimajjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु; तत्पुरुष (lakṣmyāḥ tīrthe nimajjanam)

• sarva-pāpāni: all sins
• sarva-pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ

• naśyanti: perish, are destroyed
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• viprāḥ: brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• layam: dissolution, absorption
• layam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims immersing at Lakṣmī-tīrtha; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water’s radiance; above, symbols of sovereignty (crown) and liberation (flame merging into sky) appear; brāhmaṇas in white perform silent japa after bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Lakṣmī-tīrtha
• Vipras (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single dharmic act at a powerful tīrtha can yield both worldly welfare (aiśvarya) and inner purification (pāpa-kṣaya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmī-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana—ritual immersion/bathing in Lakṣmī-tīrtha.