Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शत्रवो विलयं यांति लक्ष्मीर्वृद्धिं प्रगच्छति । एकदा स समायातस्तत्र यावन्महीपतिः

Transliteration

śatravo vilayaṃ yāṃti lakṣmīrvṛddhiṃ pragacchati | ekadā sa samāyātastatra yāvanmahīpatiḥ

Translation

Ses ennemis vont à la ruine, et Lakṣmī—la Fortune—s’accroît. Un jour, ce roi arriva là, en ce lieu saint.

Word by Word

• śatravaḥ: enemies
• śatravaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• vilayam: destruction/vanishing
• vilayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• yānti: go/meet (their end)
• yānti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम् (3rd person plural)

• lakṣmīḥ: fortune/prosperity
• lakṣmīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• vṛddhim: increase
• vṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• pragacchati: attains/goes to
• pragacchati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम् (3rd person singular)

• ekadā: once
• ekadā: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb: 'once')

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun)

• samāyataḥ: having come/arrived
• samāyataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धातु) + क्त (Kṛdanta)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्तः (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: 'there')

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limiter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्ययम् (limit/extent: 'as long as/until')

• mahīpatiḥ: the king
• mahīpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī-pati (प्रातिपदिक; मही + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Māhātmya (exact speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical tableau: enemies’ banners falling and dissolving into darkness while Lakṣmī’s lotus blooms near the king, all under the looming yet benevolent presence of Mahākāla’s shrine; the king arrives again to the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Mahākāla (contextual from preceding verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and devotion at a powerful tīrtha transform destiny—reducing opposition and increasing auspicious prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site ‘there’ refers to the Mahākāla-centered tīrtha described in this adhyāya’s context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the merit statement connected to rātrijāgara and worship before Mahākāla.