Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तीर्थं लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यं गोपिगोविंद दक्षिणे । न लक्ष्म्या त्यज्यते क्वापि तत्तीर्थं परिमज्जनात्

Transliteration

tīrthaṃ lakṣmīnṛsiṃhākhyaṃ gopigoviṃda dakṣiṇe | na lakṣmyā tyajyate kvāpi tattīrthaṃ parimajjanāt

Translation

Südlich von Gopī-Govinda liegt das heilige Tīrtha namens Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha. Wer sich in diesem Tīrtha untertaucht, den verlässt Lakṣmī — Glück und göttliche Gnade — niemals, weder irgendwo noch irgendwann.

Word by Word

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford; pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (neuter)

• लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यम्: named ‘Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha’
• लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी + नृसिंह + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक); आख्य = ‘named’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective agreeing with ‘तीर्थम्’

• गोपिगोविंद: (at) Gopī-Govinda (place/temple)
• गोपिगोविंद: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी + गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास-आधार; प्रथमा/सम्बोधन-एकवचन (contextual proper name); proper noun used as place/temple-name

• दक्षिणे: in the south; on the southern side
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; locative singular ‘on the south’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• लक्ष्म्या: by Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• त्यज्यते: is abandoned/left
• त्यज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is abandoned’

• क्वापि: anywhere; ever
• क्वापि: Desha (Adverbial location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-समुच्चय (indefinite adverb)

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that tīrtha
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; sandhi: तत् + तीर्थम् → तत्तीर्थम्

• परिमज्जनात्: from/through bathing (immersion)
• परिमज्जनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + मज्ज् (धातु) → परिमज्जन (कृदन्त/भाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5), एकवचन; ablative singular; ‘from/through the act of bathing’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple approaches a small sacred water-spot marked by a Nṛsiṃha emblem; to the south, the Gopīgovinda shrine silhouette; Lakṣmī’s presence suggested as a golden aura over the water as the devotee immerses.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Nṛsiṃha
• Gopīgovinda
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas are presented as living sources of divine grace; sincere bathing is said to secure Lakṣmī’s abiding favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha, located to the south of Gopīgovinda in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Parimajjana/snānā—full bathing or immersion in the tīrtha.