Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे कृतस्नानो दत्त्वा रत्नानि कांचनम् । पट्टांबराणि विप्रेभ्यो न लक्ष्म्या परिहीयते

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe kṛtasnāno dattvā ratnāni kāṃcanam | paṭṭāṃbarāṇi viprebhyo na lakṣmyā parihīyate

Translation

ಆ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನಮಾಡಿ, ರತ್ನಗಳು, ಚಿನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತಮ ಪಟ್ಟಾಂಬರಗಳನ್ನು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ದಾನಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಅವನ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्ययम्

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कृतस्नानः: one who has bathed
• कृतस्नानः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरः); तत्पुरुषः (कृतं स्नानं येन)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund); दा धातोः

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• कांचनम्: gold
• कांचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पट्टांबराणि: silken garments
• पट्टांबराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्ट-अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (पट्टं च तत् अम्बरम्)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• लक्ष्म्या: in prosperity / by fortune
• लक्ष्म्या: Hetu/Reference (हेतु/संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/हेतौ), एकवचन; अत्र हेतौ/संबन्धे (with respect to prosperity)

• परिहीयते: is diminished / declines
• परिहीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + हा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः; परि-उपसर्गः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers jewels, gold, and fine silk garments to seated brāhmaṇas on a Kāśī riverbank; Lakṣmī’s presence is suggested by lotuses and a gentle aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha (implied by context)
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)
• Lakṣmī (prosperity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is stabilized by dharmic giving—especially when charity follows tīrtha-bathing and supports worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of the celebrated tīrtha in this sequence—contextually, the Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha area in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, then dāna of jewels, gold, and silk garments to vipras (brāhmaṇas).