Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तावल्लक्ष्मीश्चला नॄणां तावद्रोगाः पृथग्विधाः । न यावद्देवदेव त्वं सन्तोषं संप्रयास्यसि

Transliteration

tāvallakṣmīścalā nṝṇāṃ tāvadrogāḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ | na yāvaddevadeva tvaṃ santoṣaṃ saṃprayāsyasi

Translation

La fortune (Lakshmî) des hommes demeure changeante et les maladies de toutes sortes persistent, jusqu’à ce que Toi, ô Dieu des dieux, Tu accordes le contentement.

Word by Word

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्यन्तवाचक (so long)

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune, Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चलाः: unstable, fickle
• चलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (पाठे ‘चला’/‘चलाः’ इति; अर्थतः लक्ष्मी-विशेषणम्)

• नॄणाम्: of men
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्यन्तवाचक (so long)

• रोगाः: diseases
• रोगाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पृथग्विधाः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (पृथक्-विधाः = नानाविधाः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agreeing with ‘रोगाः’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Relative/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावद्-सम्बन्धे (until/as long as)

• देवदेव: O God of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सन्तोषम्: contentment
• सन्तोषम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संप्रयास्यसि: will attain/approach
• संप्रयास्यसि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); परस्मैपद; मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee (tīrtha-related narrator context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands between symbols of fickle fortune (a wavering lotus/coins) and illness (faint feverish figures), turning toward a liṅga radiating calm; the radiance steadies the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Roga
• Devadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer prosperity and health become stable when inner contentment arises by divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha context; it does not name a particular location in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on devotion that invites the Lord’s gift of contentment.