Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे कृतस्नानो दत्त्वा रत्नानि कांचनम् । पट्टांबराणि विप्रेभ्यो न लक्ष्म्या परिहीयते

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe kṛtasnāno dattvā ratnāni kāṃcanam | paṭṭāṃbarāṇi viprebhyo na lakṣmyā parihīyate

Translation

Having bathed at that tīrtha, and giving jewels, gold, and fine silk garments to the Brāhmaṇas, one is never diminished in Lakṣmī—prosperity and grace.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्ययम्

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कृतस्नानः: one who has bathed
• कृतस्नानः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरः); तत्पुरुषः (कृतं स्नानं येन)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund); दा धातोः

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• कांचनम्: gold
• कांचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पट्टांबराणि: silken garments
• पट्टांबराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्ट-अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (पट्टं च तत् अम्बरम्)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• लक्ष्म्या: in prosperity / by fortune
• लक्ष्म्या: Hetu/Reference (हेतु/संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/हेतौ), एकवचन; अत्र हेतौ/संबन्धे (with respect to prosperity)

• परिहीयते: is diminished / declines
• परिहीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + हा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः; परि-उपसर्गः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers jewels, gold, and fine silk garments to seated brāhmaṇas on a Kāśī riverbank; Lakṣmī’s presence is suggested by lotuses and a gentle aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha (implied by context)
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)
• Lakṣmī (prosperity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is stabilized by dharmic giving—especially when charity follows tīrtha-bathing and supports worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of the celebrated tīrtha in this sequence—contextually, the Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha area in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, then dāna of jewels, gold, and silk garments to vipras (brāhmaṇas).