Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

न तस्य सदनं लक्ष्मीः परित्यक्ष्यत्यसंशयम् । न जनन्या वियोगश्च न बंधुकलहोदयः

Transliteration

na tasya sadanaṃ lakṣmīḥ parityakṣyatyasaṃśayam | na jananyā viyogaśca na baṃdhukalahodayaḥ

Translation

毫无疑问，吉祥与富饶之女神拉克什米不会离弃其家；亦不致与母亲分离，亲族间也不生争端。

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सदनम्: dwelling/house
• सदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī/fortune
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परित्यक्ष्यति: will abandon
• परित्यक्ष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (नञ्-उपसर्ग) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) अर्थे—न संशयेन (without doubt)

• न: nor/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• जनन्याः: of (one’s) mother
• जनन्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वियोगः: separation
• वियोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• न: nor/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• बन्धुकलहोदयः: arising of quarrel among relatives
• बन्धुकलहोदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + कलह (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बन्धूनां कलहस्य उदयः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A peaceful Kāśī household shrine: lamp lit at dusk, family members seated calmly, mother present, relatives in harmony; Lakṣmī symbolized by overflowing grain, lotus motifs, and steady lamp-flame.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Dhruvastuti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation supports both spiritual purity and worldly stability—prosperity and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is delivered within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting, linking such fruits to the sacred culture of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the fruit of practicing the praised stotra (Dhruvastuti), though no new procedure is added here.