Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वित्तार्थी यो जपेत्तत्र श्रीसूक्तं मनुजो द्विजाः । सर्वतस्तस्य वित्तानि समागच्छंत्यनेकशः

Transliteration

vittārthī yo japettatra śrīsūktaṃ manujo dvijāḥ | sarvatastasya vittāni samāgacchaṃtyanekaśaḥ

Translation

اے برہمنو! جو آدمی دولت کا خواہاں ہو کر وہاں شری سوکت کا جپ کرے، اس کے پاس ہر سمت سے طرح طرح کی دولت آتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• वित्त-अर्थी: desiring wealth
• वित्त-अर्थी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vittasya arthī)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• श्री-सूक्तम्: the Śrī-sūkta (hymn)
• श्री-सूक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (hymn-name)

• मनुजः: a man
• मनुजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजाः: O twice-born
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि

• सर्वतः: from everywhere
• सर्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वतः-भाव (from all sides)

• तस्य: to him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वित्तानि: wealths, riches
• वित्तानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सम्-आगच्छन्ति: come together, accrue
• सम्-आगच्छन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + आ (उपसर्ग) + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many ways/abundantly
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in many ways/many times)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from tīrthamāhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a shrine near water, a devotee chants Śrī-sūkta; personified Śrī/Lakṣmī is envisioned as radiant, with streams of coins/grain symbolically arriving from the four directions.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīsūkta
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Mantra/Japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity (artha) is framed as a fruit of sacred recitation done in a tīrtha setting, under dharmic orientation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha praised in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 36); the excerpt itself does not state the place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation (japa) of the Śrīsūkta at the tīrtha for those seeking wealth.