Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तस्य लक्ष्मीः स्थिरा नूनं लभते संततिं सुखम् । अरिवर्गः क्षयं याति प्रसादाच्च दिवस्पतेः

Transliteration

tasya lakṣmīḥ sthirā nūnaṃ labhate saṃtatiṃ sukham | arivargaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti prasādācca divaspateḥ

Translation

അവന്റെ ലക്ഷ്മി നിശ്ചയമായി സ്ഥിരമാകും; സന്തതിയും സുഖവും ലഭിക്കും. ദിവസപതി സൂര്യന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ശത്രുസമൂഹം നശിക്കും.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular); सर्वनाम

• lakṣmīḥ: fortune/prosperity
• lakṣmīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• sthirā: steady
• sthirā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthirā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम्

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle of certainty)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• saṃtatim: progeny/continuity
• saṃtatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• arivargaḥ: group of enemies
• arivargaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ari (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• kṣayam: destruction/decline
• kṣayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• yāti: goes to/undergoes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• prasādāt: from (his) grace
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• divaspateḥ: of the lord of the day (Sun)
• divaspateḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divas (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āditya’s radiance pours over a household scene: granaries full, children playing, enemies retreating into shadow—symbolizing Lakṣmī’s steadiness by Sūrya’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Divaspati (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace obtained through tīrtha-centered devotion stabilizes worldly welfare and supports dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakulārka in the Ravikṣetra/Ravikuṇḍa milieu of Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied ongoing worship/propitiation of the Sun (Divaspati) through Bakulārka pūjā.