Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मीक्षेत्रं महापीठं साधकस्यैव सिद्धिदम् । साधकस्तत्र मंत्रांश्च नरः सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

lakṣmīkṣetraṃ mahāpīṭhaṃ sādhakasyaiva siddhidam | sādhakastatra maṃtrāṃśca naraḥ siddhimavāpnuyāt

Translation

ഈ ‘ലക്ഷ്മീ-ക്ഷേത്രം’ മഹാപീഠമാണ്; പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സാധകനു സിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നതാണ്. അവിടെ സാധകൻ മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• लक्ष्मीक्षेत्रम्: the Lakṣmī-field (sacred area)
• लक्ष्मीक्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘Lakṣmī’s field’

• महापीठम्: the great seat (shrine)
• महापीठम्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘great seat/shrine’

• साधकस्य: of the practitioner
• साधकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• सिद्धिदम्: granting accomplishment
• सिद्धिदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि + द (प्रातिपदिक; द-प्रत्यय ‘giver’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying lakṣmīkṣetram/mahāpīṭham) ‘bestowing success’

• साधकः: a practitioner
• साधकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मन्त्रान्: mantras
• मन्त्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success, accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-kṣetra (Mahālakṣmī-pīṭha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka seated near a sanctified pīṭha in Kāśī, counting a mālā, with a yantra/lotus diagram and a small lamp; the atmosphere suggests concentrated mantra-śakti and Lakṣmī’s benign presence.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmīkṣetra
• Mahāpīṭha
• Sādhaka
• Mantra
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred seats (pīṭhas) in Kāśī are portrayed as accelerators of sādhana, where mantra-practice ripens into siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Lakṣmīkṣetra described as a Mahāpīṭha in Kāśī (contextually tied to Mahālakṣmī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-sādhana (practice of mantras) performed there by a sādhaka to attain siddhi.