Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तत्रागस्त्यो महालक्ष्मीं ददृशे सुचिरं स्थिताम्

Transliteration

tatrāgastyo mahālakṣmīṃ dadṛśe suciraṃ sthitām

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น อคัสตยะได้ประจักษ์พระมหาลักษมี ผู้ประทับอยู่ ณ สถานที่นั้นมาเนิ่นนาน

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• agastyaḥ: Agastya
• agastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• mahā-lakṣmīm: great Lakṣmī / splendid fortune (personified)
• mahā-lakṣmīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती लक्ष्मीः)

• dadṛśe: saw
• dadṛśe: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• suciram: for a long time
• suciram: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sucira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative: 'for a long time')

• sthitām: standing/remaining
• sthitām: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying mahālakṣmīm)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Mahālakṣmī-sannidhya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kathā-audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya stands in reverent stillness before Mahālakṣmī, who remains firmly established on a lotus pedestal, her aura steady rather than flickering—signifying long residence and enduring blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Mahālakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is not occasional in a true tīrtha—Deity is described as abiding, making the place continually auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative where Mahālakṣmī is said to abide (contextually within Kāśī’s sacred realm).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declarative darśana verse.