Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

गौरि त्वमेव शशिमौलिनि वेधसि त्वं सावित्र्यसि त्वमसि चक्रिणि चारुलक्ष्मीः । काश्यां त्वमस्यमलरूपिणि मोक्षलक्ष्मीस्त्वं मे शरण्यमिह मंगलगौरि मातः

Transliteration

gauri tvameva śaśimaulini vedhasi tvaṃ sāvitryasi tvamasi cakriṇi cārulakṣmīḥ | kāśyāṃ tvamasyamalarūpiṇi mokṣalakṣmīstvaṃ me śaraṇyamiha maṃgalagauri mātaḥ

Translation

Oh Gaurī: sólo Tú estás junto al Señor de la luna en la frente (Śiva); también estás junto a Vedhas (Brahmā); Tú eres Sāvitrī; y junto al Señor del disco (Viṣṇu) eres la radiante Lakṣmī. En Kāśī, oh de forma inmaculada, eres la misma Lakṣmī de la liberación. Tú eres mi refugio aquí, oh Madre Maṅgalāgaurī.

Word by Word

• gauri: O Gaurī
• gauri: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; एवकार (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• śaśi-maulini: O one with the moon as crest
• śaśi-maulini: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + maulin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य मौलौ शशी)

• vedhasi: in Brahmā / as Brahmā
• vedhasi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (ब्रह्मणि)

• tvaṃ: you
• tvaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• cakriṇi: O discus-bearer
• cakriṇi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; (चक्रधारिणि)

• cāru-lakṣmīḥ: beautiful Lakṣmī
• cāru-lakṣmīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपद

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• amala-rūpiṇi: O one of spotless form
• amala-rūpiṇi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amala (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासपद

• mokṣa-lakṣmīḥ: Lakṣmī of liberation
• mokṣa-lakṣmīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपद

• tvaṃ: you
• tvaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); सर्वनाम

• śaraṇyam: refuge
• śaraṇyam: Karta (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (शरणं दातुं योग्य)

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• maṃgala-gauri: O Maṅgala-Gaurī
• maṃgala-gauri: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक) + gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• mātaḥ: O Mother
• mātaḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Devotee/Narrative voice within the stotra (contextual: Maṅgalāgaurī praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (mokṣa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī Maṅgalāgaurī stands at the center with three surrounding panels: with Śiva (moon-crested), with Brahmā as Sāvitrī, and with Viṣṇu as Lakṣmī; beneath, Kāśī is depicted as a radiant city, and the devotee offers surrender at her feet labeled ‘mokṣa-lakṣmī’.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalāgaurī
• Gaurī
• Śiva (Śaśimauli)
• Brahmā (Vedhas)
• Viṣṇu (Cakrin)
• Sāvitrī
• Lakṣmī
• Kāśī
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is the single śakti behind the Trimūrti and becomes ‘Mokṣa-Lakṣmī’ in Kāśī—hence surrender to her is a direct refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Varanasi), explicitly named as the place where she manifests as the fortune of liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct act of śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and devotional praise; no specific external rite is prescribed in this verse.