Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मीं श्रियं च कमलां कमलालयां च पद्मां रमां नलिनयुग्मकरां च मां च । क्षीरोदजाममृतकुंभकरामिरां च विष्णुप्रियामिति सदाजपतां क्व दुःखम्

Transliteration

lakṣmīṃ śriyaṃ ca kamalāṃ kamalālayāṃ ca padmāṃ ramāṃ nalinayugmakarāṃ ca māṃ ca | kṣīrodajāmamṛtakuṃbhakarāmirāṃ ca viṣṇupriyāmiti sadājapatāṃ kva duḥkham

Translation

Pour ceux qui répètent sans cesse Tes Noms—«Lakṣmī, Śrī, Kamalā, Kamalālaya, Padmā, Ramā, Toi dont les mains portent une paire de lotus, Mā, Kṣīrodajā née de l’Océan de Lait, Toi qui tiens la jarre d’amṛta, Irā, et Viṣṇupriyā, bien-aimée de Viṣṇu»—où la douleur pourrait-elle demeurer ?

Word by Word

• lakṣmīm: Lakṣmī
• lakṣmīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śriyam: Śrī (prosperity)
• śriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• kamalām: Kamalā
• kamalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kamalālayām: Kamalālayā (she whose abode is the lotus)
• kamalālayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala + ālaya (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kamalasya ālayā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• padmām: Padmā
• padmām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ramām: Ramā
• ramām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ramā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nalinayugmakarām: she whose hands hold a pair of lotuses
• nalinayugmakarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nalina + yugma + karā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नलिनयुग्मे करौ यस्याः/नलिनयुग्मकरा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• mām: me (as a name/epithet)
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• kṣīrodajām: born from the ocean of milk
• kṣīrodajām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīroda + jā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (kṣīrodāt jā/क्षीरोदात् जाता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• amṛtakuṃbhakarām: she who holds a pot of nectar
• amṛtakuṃbhakarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta + kuṃbha + karā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (amṛtakuṃbhaṃ karayati/धारयति इति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• irām: Irā (earth/food; as epithet)
• irām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: irā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• viṣṇupriyām: beloved of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇupriyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu + priyā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ priyā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• iti: thus (as)
• iti: Avyaya (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• japatām: of those who recite
• japatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jap (धातु) → japat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kva: where/what (place for)
• kva: Avyaya (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage and his wife seated in reverence, counting a mālā while reciting Lakṣmī’s many names; Mahālakṣmī appears in a gentle vision holding lotuses and a nectar pot, radiating comfort that dissolves sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Śrī
• Kamalā
• Kamalālaya
• Padmā
• Ramā
• Kṣīrodajā
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇupriyā
• Milk Ocean (Kṣīroda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant remembrance of the Goddess through her names is taught as a direct remedy for grief and inner instability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Though the verse is a nāma-focused teaching, it is transmitted within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī context, enhancing the devotional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa (repetition) of Lakṣmī’s epithets is explicitly recommended as a practice that dispels duḥkha (sorrow).