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

അവിടെ വൈരാജ ദേവന്മാർ ദുഃഖദാഹമില്ലാതെ വസിക്കുന്നു; അവരുടെ മനസ് വാസുദേവനിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു, അവരുടെ എല്ലാ പ്രവർത്തികളും വാസുദേവനേയ്ക്ക് അർപ്പിതമാണ്.

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.