Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मीं श्रियं च कमलां कमलालयां च पद्मां रमां नलिनयुग्मकरां च मां च । क्षीरोदजाममृतकुंभकरामिरां च विष्णुप्रियामिति सदाजपतां क्व दुःखम्

Transliteration

lakṣmīṃ śriyaṃ ca kamalāṃ kamalālayāṃ ca padmāṃ ramāṃ nalinayugmakarāṃ ca māṃ ca | kṣīrodajāmamṛtakuṃbhakarāmirāṃ ca viṣṇupriyāmiti sadājapatāṃ kva duḥkham

Translation

For those who ever repeat her names—“Lakṣmī, Śrī, Kamalā, Kamalālaya, Padmā, Ramā, She whose hands hold a pair of lotuses, Mā, Kṣīrodajā born of the Milk Ocean, She who holds the pot of amṛta, Irā, and Viṣṇupriyā, beloved of Viṣṇu”—where can sorrow remain?

Word by Word

• lakṣmīm: Lakṣmī
• lakṣmīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śriyam: Śrī (prosperity)
• śriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• kamalām: Kamalā
• kamalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kamalālayām: Kamalālayā (she whose abode is the lotus)
• kamalālayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala + ālaya (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kamalasya ālayā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• padmām: Padmā
• padmām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ramām: Ramā
• ramām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ramā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nalinayugmakarām: she whose hands hold a pair of lotuses
• nalinayugmakarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nalina + yugma + karā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नलिनयुग्मे करौ यस्याः/नलिनयुग्मकरा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• mām: me (as a name/epithet)
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• kṣīrodajām: born from the ocean of milk
• kṣīrodajām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīroda + jā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (kṣīrodāt jā/क्षीरोदात् जाता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• amṛtakuṃbhakarām: she who holds a pot of nectar
• amṛtakuṃbhakarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta + kuṃbha + karā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (amṛtakuṃbhaṃ karayati/धारयति इति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• irām: Irā (earth/food; as epithet)
• irām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: irā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• viṣṇupriyām: beloved of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇupriyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu + priyā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ priyā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• iti: thus (as)
• iti: Avyaya (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• japatām: of those who recite
• japatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jap (धातु) → japat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kva: where/what (place for)
• kva: Avyaya (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage and his wife seated in reverence, counting a mālā while reciting Lakṣmī’s many names; Mahālakṣmī appears in a gentle vision holding lotuses and a nectar pot, radiating comfort that dissolves sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Śrī
• Kamalā
• Kamalālaya
• Padmā
• Ramā
• Kṣīrodajā
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇupriyā
• Milk Ocean (Kṣīroda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant remembrance of the Goddess through her names is taught as a direct remedy for grief and inner instability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Though the verse is a nāma-focused teaching, it is transmitted within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī context, enhancing the devotional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa (repetition) of Lakṣmī’s epithets is explicitly recommended as a practice that dispels duḥkha (sorrow).