Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

लक्ष्म्या हीनस्य मर्त्यस्य बांधवोऽपि विजायते । प्रार्थयिष्यति मां नूनं दृष्ट्वा तं चान्यतो व्रजेत्

Transliteration

lakṣmyā hīnasya martyasya bāṃdhavo'pi vijāyate | prārthayiṣyati māṃ nūnaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ cānyato vrajet

Translation

Selbst ein Verwandter wird dem Sterblichen, der ohne Glück und Vermögen ist, feindlich. Gewiss wird er zu mir kommen und bitten; und die Leute werden, sobald sie ihn sehen, anderswohin gehen.

Word by Word

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

• हीनस्य: of one deprived (of)
• हीनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular; विशेषणम्

• मर्त्यस्य: of a mortal/man
• मर्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular

• बान्धवः: a relative/kinsman
• बान्धवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अप्यर्थे; ‘even/also’

• विजायते: is born/comes to be
• विजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; present indicative; ‘is born/comes to be’

• प्रार्थयिष्यति: will request/beg
• प्रार्थयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्थ् (धातु) + प्र- (उपसर्ग) causative (णिच्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; future; ‘will request/beg’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण; adverb of certainty

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल; ‘having seen’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction

• अन्यतः: elsewhere
• अन्यतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/दिशाबोधक; adverb ‘elsewhere/from another side’

• व्रजेत्: should go away
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; optative ‘should go’

Speaker

Ānarta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A destitute traveler stands at the edge of a settlement; relatives avert their faces and turn away, while the traveler extends a pleading hand; the background hints at a distant shrine/river as the true refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly bonds often depend on fortune; recognizing this helps one seek lasting refuge in dharma and the sacred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-narrative by highlighting the need for spiritual refuge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.