Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तीर्थं लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यं गोपिगोविंद दक्षिणे । न लक्ष्म्या त्यज्यते क्वापि तत्तीर्थं परिमज्जनात्

Transliteration

tīrthaṃ lakṣmīnṛsiṃhākhyaṃ gopigoviṃda dakṣiṇe | na lakṣmyā tyajyate kvāpi tattīrthaṃ parimajjanāt

Translation

Di sebelah selatan Gopīgovinda terletak tīrtha suci bernama Lakṣmī–Nṛsiṃha. Dengan mandi dan menyelam di tīrtha itu, Lakṣmī—tuah serta rahmat Ilahi—tidak akan meninggalkan seseorang, pada bila-bila masa dan di mana jua.

Word by Word

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford; pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (neuter)

• लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यम्: named ‘Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha’
• लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी + नृसिंह + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक); आख्य = ‘named’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective agreeing with ‘तीर्थम्’

• गोपिगोविंद: (at) Gopī-Govinda (place/temple)
• गोपिगोविंद: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी + गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास-आधार; प्रथमा/सम्बोधन-एकवचन (contextual proper name); proper noun used as place/temple-name

• दक्षिणे: in the south; on the southern side
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; locative singular ‘on the south’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• लक्ष्म्या: by Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• त्यज्यते: is abandoned/left
• त्यज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is abandoned’

• क्वापि: anywhere; ever
• क्वापि: Desha (Adverbial location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-समुच्चय (indefinite adverb)

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that tīrtha
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; sandhi: तत् + तीर्थम् → तत्तीर्थम्

• परिमज्जनात्: from/through bathing (immersion)
• परिमज्जनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + मज्ज् (धातु) → परिमज्जन (कृदन्त/भाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5), एकवचन; ablative singular; ‘from/through the act of bathing’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple approaches a small sacred water-spot marked by a Nṛsiṃha emblem; to the south, the Gopīgovinda shrine silhouette; Lakṣmī’s presence suggested as a golden aura over the water as the devotee immerses.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Nṛsiṃha
• Gopīgovinda
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas are presented as living sources of divine grace; sincere bathing is said to secure Lakṣmī’s abiding favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha, located to the south of Gopīgovinda in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Parimajjana/snānā—full bathing or immersion in the tīrtha.