Shloka 134

दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रेण यस् तथैतेन त्वां स्तोष्यत्य् अब्धिसंभवे स त्वया न परित्याज्यो द्वितीयो ऽस्तु वरो मम

Transliteration

stotreṇa yas tathaitena tvāṃ stoṣyaty abdhisaṃbhave sa tvayā na parityājyo dvitīyo 'stu varo mama

Translation

O Ocean-born Goddess, whoever praises you with this very hymn—may he never be forsaken by you. Let this be my second boon.

Word by Word

• स्तोत्रेण: by (this) hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचनम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in that manner)

• एतेन: by this
• एतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचनम्; ‘by this’ (agreeing with स्तोत्रेण)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• स्तोष्यति: will praise
• स्तोष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• अब्धिसंभवे: O ocean-born one
• अब्धिसंभवे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्धि + संभव (प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (born from the ocean)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• परित्याज्यः: to be abandoned
• परित्याज्यः: Kriya (Passive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परित्याज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; परि+√त्यज्)
• Form: यत्/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्; predicate: ‘should not be abandoned’

• द्वितीयः: second
• द्वितीयः: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्; qualifying ‘वरः’

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Optative command/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनम्

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी एकवचनम्

Speaker

A devotee/boon-seeker addressing Śrī (Lakṣmī) as Abdhisaṃbhavā within the Purāṇic narration (framed by Parāśara’s discourse to Maitreya).

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Second boon: stotra-reciter should never be forsaken by the Ocean-born Goddess

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: compassionate

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Those who praise Śrī with this hymn are to be ‘not abandoned’—devotion secures steadfast divine refuge (anāśraya-bhaya removed).

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Maintain regular stotra practice (nitya-stuti) with ethical living; in adversity, rely on remembrance of Śrī as unfailing shelter.

Vishishtadvaita: Śaraṇāgati dynamic: the devotee’s reliance is met by unfailing divine compassion, central to Śrī’s mediating grace in Viśiṣṭādvaita.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta (peaceful)

Lakshmi Presence: Sri (fortune)

Characters & Entities

• Lakshmi (Śrī)
• Vishnu (implied as Śrī’s Lord)

FAQs

What is the significance of praising Śrī (Lakṣmī) with a stotra in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames stotra-recitation as a direct means to receive Śrī’s enduring favor—whoever praises her with this hymn is promised continued divine support rather than abandonment.

How does the Vishnu Purana present divine grace in this dialogue structure?

Through a boon-request, the text makes grace concrete and relational: devotion expressed as praise becomes the stated condition for ongoing protection, illustrating a personal, responsive divinity within Purāṇic teaching.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

Although addressed to Śrī, the verse implies the Vaishnava framework where Śrī’s grace operates in harmony with Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty—devotion draws the protective order upheld by the divine couple.