Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वित्तार्थी यो जपेत्तत्र श्रीसूक्तं मनुजो द्विजाः । सर्वतस्तस्य वित्तानि समागच्छंत्यनेकशः

Transliteration

vittārthī yo japettatra śrīsūktaṃ manujo dvijāḥ | sarvatastasya vittāni samāgacchaṃtyanekaśaḥ

Translation

O ihr Brāhmaṇas, wer nach Reichtum strebt und dort das Śrīsūkta rezitiert, zu dem strömen die Güter aus allen Richtungen auf vielfältige Weise.

Word by Word

• वित्त-अर्थी: desiring wealth
• वित्त-अर्थी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vittasya arthī)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• श्री-सूक्तम्: the Śrī-sūkta (hymn)
• श्री-सूक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (hymn-name)

• मनुजः: a man
• मनुजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजाः: O twice-born
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि

• सर्वतः: from everywhere
• सर्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वतः-भाव (from all sides)

• तस्य: to him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वित्तानि: wealths, riches
• वित्तानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सम्-आगच्छन्ति: come together, accrue
• सम्-आगच्छन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + आ (उपसर्ग) + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many ways/abundantly
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in many ways/many times)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from tīrthamāhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a shrine near water, a devotee chants Śrī-sūkta; personified Śrī/Lakṣmī is envisioned as radiant, with streams of coins/grain symbolically arriving from the four directions.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīsūkta
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Mantra/Japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity (artha) is framed as a fruit of sacred recitation done in a tīrtha setting, under dharmic orientation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha praised in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 36); the excerpt itself does not state the place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation (japa) of the Śrīsūkta at the tīrtha for those seeking wealth.