Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ऐश्वर्यं प्राप्यते यद्वल्लक्ष्मीतीर्थनिमज्जनात् । सर्वपापानि नश्यंति विप्रा यांति लयं सदा

Transliteration

aiśvaryaṃ prāpyate yadvallakṣmītīrthanimajjanāt | sarvapāpāni naśyaṃti viprā yāṃti layaṃ sadā

Translation

De même que la souveraineté et la prospérité s’obtiennent par l’immersion en Lakṣmī-tīrtha, de même tous les péchés s’évanouissent ; et les brāhmaṇas atteignent sans cesse la dissolution ultime, le repos hors des liens du monde.

Word by Word

• aiśvaryam: prosperity, sovereignty
• aiśvaryam: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्तृस्थानी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी (subject of passive)

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• yadvat: just as, inasmuch as
• yadvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथार्थे/उपमानार्थे (comparative particle ‘just as/inasmuch as’)

• lakṣmī-tīrtha-nimajjanāt: from immersion in Lakṣmī-tīrtha
• lakṣmī-tīrtha-nimajjanāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + nimajjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु; तत्पुरुष (lakṣmyāḥ tīrthe nimajjanam)

• sarva-pāpāni: all sins
• sarva-pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ

• naśyanti: perish, are destroyed
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• viprāḥ: brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• layam: dissolution, absorption
• layam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims immersing at Lakṣmī-tīrtha; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water’s radiance; above, symbols of sovereignty (crown) and liberation (flame merging into sky) appear; brāhmaṇas in white perform silent japa after bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Lakṣmī-tīrtha
• Vipras (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single dharmic act at a powerful tīrtha can yield both worldly welfare (aiśvarya) and inner purification (pāpa-kṣaya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmī-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana—ritual immersion/bathing in Lakṣmī-tīrtha.