Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र पीठे स्थिता देवी महालक्ष्मीति विश्रुता । सर्वपापप्रशमनी सर्वकार्यशुभप्रदा

Transliteration

tatra pīṭhe sthitā devī mahālakṣmīti viśrutā | sarvapāpapraśamanī sarvakāryaśubhapradā

Translation

ထိုပီဋ္ဌာ၌ ဒေဝီသည် တည်ရှိ၍ မဟာလက္ခ္မီ ဟူ၍ ကျော်ကြား၏။ သူမသည် အပြစ်အားလုံးကို သက်သာပျောက်ကင်းစေသူ၊ လုပ်ငန်းအရာရာ၌ မင်္ဂလာကို ပေးသနားသူ ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• पीठे: on the seat/pedestal
• पीठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)

• स्थिता: seated/standing
• स्थिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying devī)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• महालक्ष्मी: Mahalakshmi
• महालक्ष्मी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महती लक्ष्मीः)

• इति: thus/so called
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• विश्रुता: renowned
• विश्रुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (devī)

• सर्वपापप्रशमनी: the pacifier of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनी) विशेषण (devī)

• सर्वकार्यशुभप्रदा: giver of auspiciousness in all undertakings
• सर्वकार्यशुभप्रदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वकार्येषु शुभं प्रददातीति/शुभप्रदा) विशेषण (devī)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahodaya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience; Devī referenced as resident deity

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahālakṣmī stands or sits upon a lotus at the Mahodaya pīṭha, pouring streams of śrī (golden light/coins/grain) while a dark Alakṣmī-like shadow dissolves at the boundary of the shrine; pilgrims receive blessings for their endeavors.

Characters & Entities

• Mahālakṣmī
• Pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional approach to the Goddess at a pīṭha is presented as both purifying (pāpa-śamana) and prosperity-giving (śubha-pradā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahodaya pīṭha where Mahālakṣmī is said to reside.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not detailed here; the verse states the fruits of worship—sin pacification and auspicious success.