Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

स लक्ष्मीसहितो नित्यं धनधान्यसमन्वितः । महाभाग्यवतां गेहे जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

sa lakṣmīsahito nityaṃ dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ | mahābhāgyavatāṃ gehe jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Er, stets von Lakṣmī begleitet und mit Reichtum und Korn gesegnet, wird im Hause der überaus Glücklichen geboren — das heißt: Er offenbart sich dort; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मी-सहितः: accompanied by Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मी-सहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + सहित (कृदन्त; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘लक्ष्म्या सहितः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (instrumental determinative)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• धन-धान्य-समन्वितः: endowed with wealth and grain
• धन-धान्य-समन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+√अन्वि/अन्व् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘धनेन धान्येन च समन्वितः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (instrumental)

• महाभाग्यवताम्: of the very fortunate (people)
• महाभाग्यवताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक; महा+भाग्यवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; ‘महद् भाग्यं यस्य’ इति कर्मधारय-समासाधारित-प्रातिपदिक

• गेहे: in (the) house
• गेहे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālagrāma (implied as worship source of phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within tīrtha-māhātmya (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessed household: granaries full, lamps lit, a central shrine with Śālagrāma; Lakṣmī’s presence suggested by lotus motifs and a gentle golden glow; family in prayer.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Viṣṇu/Hari (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where devotion and merit are strong, the Lord’s grace appears as stability, provision, and auspicious presence in the home.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a geographic tīrtha in this line; it continues the Śālagrāma-centered māhātmya by describing household blessings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly: maintain devoted worship that invites Lakṣmī-sahita divine presence and prosperity.