Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

महापुण्यस्य जननी महासंपत्तिदायिनी । महोपसर्गशमनी महाव्याधिविनाशिनी

Transliteration

mahāpuṇyasya jananī mahāsaṃpattidāyinī | mahopasargaśamanī mahāvyādhivināśinī

Translation

Elle est la mère du grand mérite (puṇya), la dispensatrice d’une grande prospérité ; elle apaise les grandes calamités et détruit les maladies sévères.

Word by Word

• महापुण्यस्य: of great merit
• महापुण्यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् पुण्यम्)

• जननी: mother/producer
• जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महासंपत्तिदायिनी: giver of great prosperity
• महासंपत्तिदायिनी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + संपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिनी (दा-धातु → दायिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महासंपत्तेः दायिनी)

• महोपसर्गशमनी: pacifier of great calamities
• महोपसर्गशमनी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + शमनी (शम्-धातु → शमनी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महोपसर्गस्य शमनी)

• महाव्याधिविनाशिनी: destroyer of great diseases
• महाव्याधिविनाशिनी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशिनी (नश्-धातु → विनाशिनी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महाव्याधेः विनाशिनी)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee reciting beside a sickbed; above, a protective aura emanates from the hymn; calamities depicted as shadowy forms retreating; prosperity shown as a full granary and calm household.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruvastuti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit-bearing devotion is portrayed as both spiritually fruitful and protective in worldly life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement occurs in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa milieu, where protective and liberating merits are repeatedly extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is recitation/japa of the praised stuti.