Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

महादारिद्र्यशमनं महाधान्यसमृद्धिदम् । महादुःखप्रशमनं महासंपद्विवर्धनम्

Transliteration

mahādāridryaśamanaṃ mahādhānyasamṛddhidam | mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ mahāsaṃpadvivardhanam

Translation

Il apaise la grande pauvreté, accorde abondance de grains et prospérité, calme la grande affliction et accroît la grande fortune.

Word by Word

• महादारिद्र्यशमनम्: remedy for great poverty
• महादारिद्र्यशमनम्: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महद् दारिद्र्यं तस्य शमनम्)

• महाधान्यसमृद्धिदम्: giver of great grain-prosperity
• महाधान्यसमृद्धिदम्: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण/विधेय; तत्पुरुषः (महती धान्यसमृद्धिः तां ददाति)

• महादुःखप्रशमनम्: relief of great sorrow
• महादुःखप्रशमनम्: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महद् दुःखं तस्य प्रशमनम्)

• महासंपद्विवर्धनम्: increase of great wealth
• महासंपद्विवर्धनम्: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + संपद् (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महती संपद् तस्य विवर्धनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (describing tīrtha-phala; site implied from prior verse as Lakṣmī-tīrtha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dwijottamas / Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic tableau of blessings: overflowing granaries, sheaves of grain, relieved families, lamps lit; the tīrtha waters in foreground with lotus and conch motifs, suggesting Lakṣmī’s grace removing sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī-tīrtha (implied)
• Lakṣmī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places associated with Lakṣmī are praised as sources of both worldly welfare (artha) and the easing of suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmī-tīrtha (by immediate context in Adhyāya 21).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is stated here; it summarizes the fruits of the Lakṣmī-tīrtha observance described just before.