Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

बहुवित्तसमृद्धः सन्रेमे तत्र पुरोत्तमे । लक्ष्मीतीर्थस्य माहात्म्याद्धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः

Transliteration

bahuvittasamṛddhaḥ sanreme tatra purottame | lakṣmītīrthasya māhātmyāddharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

เมื่อทรงสมบูรณ์ด้วยทรัพย์มากมาย ธรรมบุตรคือพระยุธิษฐิระก็ทรงรื่นรมย์อยู่ในนครอันประเสริฐนั้น—ด้วยมหิมาแห่งลักษมีตีรถะ

Word by Word

• बहुवित्तसमृद्धः: abounding in much wealth
• बहुवित्तसमृद्धः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + वित्त + समृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः) ‘बहु वित्तं यस्य/बहुवित्तेन समृद्धः’ = rich with much wealth

• सन्: being
• सन्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘being’

• रेमे: rejoiced
• रेमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘rejoiced/dwelt happily’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• पुरोत्तमे: in the best city
• पुरोत्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पुर), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘उत्तमं पुरम्’

• लक्ष्मीतीर्थस्य: of Lakṣmī-tīrtha
• लक्ष्मीतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘लक्ष्म्याः तीर्थम्’

• माहात्म्यात्: due to the greatness
• माहात्म्यात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; कारणार्थे ‘because of’

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

Speaker

Sūta (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmītīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, now abundantly wealthy, rejoices in a splendid city near Lakṣmītīrtha; the tīrtha glows with lotus imagery, suggesting Lakṣmī’s presence and the flourishing of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmītīrtha
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness can transform life—granting prosperity that supports dharma and inner contentment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmītīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated in this verse; it attributes prosperity to the māhātmya (spiritual potency) of the tīrtha.