Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तथा सर्वमयी लक्ष्मीः सतीत्वान्नैव हीयते । प्रतिमासु च सर्वासु सर्वभूतेषु नित्यदा

Transliteration

tathā sarvamayī lakṣmīḥ satītvānnaiva hīyate | pratimāsu ca sarvāsu sarvabhūteṣu nityadā

Translation

So ist auch Lakṣmī, die alles durchdringt, aufgrund ihrer vollkommenen Treue und Reinheit niemals gemindert. Sie weilt ewig in allen heiligen Bildern und in allen Wesen, zu jeder Zeit.

Word by Word

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in that manner)

• सर्वमयी: consisting of all
• सर्वमयी: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; विशेषणम् (लक्ष्मीः)

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakshmi
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सतीत्वात्: because of chastity/virtue
• सतीत्वात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सतीत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative, Singular; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हीयते: is diminished, declines
• हीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular; Passive

• प्रतिमासु: in images/idols
• प्रतिमासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वासु: in all
• सर्वासु: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Locative, Plural; विशेषणम् (प्रतिमासु)

• सर्वभूतेषु: in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Locative, Plural

• नित्यदा: always
• नित्यदा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgara Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrī-Lakṣmī as a luminous, all-pervading presence: simultaneously seated with Nārāyaṇa on a lotus and subtly radiating into temple icons and into diverse beings—humans, devas, animals, plants—signifying nitya-sthiti.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Pratimā (icon/image)
• All beings

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is constant and undiminishing; Lakṣmī’s purity signifies inexhaustible auspiciousness in worship and life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is doctrinal and universal in scope; it does not specify a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implicitly validates pratimā (icon) worship by affirming Lakṣmī’s abiding presence in all images.