Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यमोहिनी ह्येषा प्राप्ता मद्भाग्यगौरवैः । त्रैलोक्यराज्यसंपत्ति वल्ल्याः फलमिदं महत्

Transliteration

trailokyamohinī hyeṣā prāptā madbhāgyagauravaiḥ | trailokyarājyasaṃpatti vallyāḥ phalamidaṃ mahat

Translation

«Vraiment, celle qui ensorcelle les trois mondes est venue à moi par la force et l’excellence de ma propre fortune. Cette grande acquisition est le fruit mûr de cette liane de prospérité : souveraineté et richesse sur les trois mondes.»

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्यमोहिनी: the enchantress of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यमोहिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (trailokyasya mohinī)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphatic/causal sense ‘indeed/for’

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• प्राप्ता: has been obtained
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘obtained/has been obtained’

• मद्भाग्यगौरवैः: by the greatness of my fortune
• मद्भाग्यगौरवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mad-bhāgyasya gauravaiḥ)

• त्रैलोक्यराज्यसंपत्ति: the wealth of sovereignty over the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यराज्यसंपत्ति: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (trailokya-rājyasya saṃpattiḥ)

• वल्ल्याः: of the creeper/vine
• वल्ल्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta/Predicative nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying phalam)

Speaker

Daitya king (unnamed in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devarṣi (addressed as ‘devārṣi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya-king in a jeweled court exults that the ‘three-world-enchantress’ has come to him; behind, symbols of tri-loka sovereignty—crown, parasol, and overflowing treasure—while Kāśī’s spiritual aura subtly frames the scene (linga silhouette, Gaṅgā glow).

Characters & Entities

• Kālarātrī (implied later in passage)
• Daityas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly success and attraction can intoxicate the mind; Purāṇic narratives often show how pride in ‘fortune’ precedes correction by Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī/Varanasi section), though the shloka itself focuses on a narrative moment rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.