Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वैराजा यत्र ते देवा वसेयुर्दाहवर्जिताः । वासुदेवे मनो येषां वासुदेवार्पितक्रियाः

Transliteration

vairājā yatra te devā vaseyurdāhavarjitāḥ | vāsudeve mano yeṣāṃ vāsudevārpitakriyāḥ

Translation

There dwell the Vairāja gods, free from the burning of suffering—those whose minds rest in Vāsudeva, and whose every act is offered to Vāsudeva.

Word by Word

• वैराजाः: the Vairāja (class of) gods
• वैराजाः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-अव्ययम्)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वसेयुः: would dwell / dwell (optative)
• वसेयुः: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु √वस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम

• दाह-वर्जिताः: free from burning/torment
• दाह-वर्जिताः: Kartā (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāha (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दाहेन वर्जिताः = free from burning/heat)

• वासुदेवे: in Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (सम्बन्ध)

• वासुदेव-अर्पित-क्रियाः: whose actions are dedicated to Vāsudeva
• वासुदेव-अर्पित-क्रियाः: Kartā (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक) + arpita (कृदन्त; √arp) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वासुदेवे अर्पिताः क्रियाः येषाम्/whose actions are offered to Vāsudeva)

Speaker

Agastya (narration within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tapoloka (realm of Vairāja devas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Radiant Vairāja devas in a serene luminous realm, their faces calm, hands in añjali or offering gestures; subtle image of Vāsudeva (Nārāyaṇa) as the inner focus—either as a distant divine form or as a heart-lotus vision.

Characters & Entities

• Vairāja devas
• Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)
• Tapoloka (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Freedom from inner burning arises when mind and action are dedicated to God; devotion and offering of deeds are praised as liberating dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies a divine realm and its God-centered inhabitants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It teaches a devotional discipline: offering all actions (kriyā) to Vāsudeva and keeping the mind fixed on Him.