Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

मोक्षस्तस्य परीपाको नात्र कार्या विचाणा । विशालाक्षी समर्चातो रूपसंपत्तियुक्पतिः

Transliteration

mokṣastasya parīpāko nātra kāryā vicāṇā | viśālākṣī samarcāto rūpasaṃpattiyukpatiḥ

Translation

तस्य समर्चनस्य मोक्षः परिपाकफलमेव; अत्र संशयस्यावकाशो नास्ति। विशालाक्ष्याः सम्यगर्चनात् रूपसम्पत्तियुक्तिः समृद्धिश्चापि लभ्यते।

Word by Word

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• परीपाकः: maturation; fruition
• परीपाकः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parīpāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: (any) action to be done; duty
• कार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कर्तव्यता-अर्थे) ‘to be done’

• विचाणा: consideration/inquiry (reading uncertain)
• विचाणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप (uncertain reading; possibly ‘vicāraṇā’ = inquiry)

• विशालाक्षी: Viśālākṣī (the wide-eyed Goddess)
• विशालाक्षी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla + akṣī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विशालानि अक्षी यस्याः’/‘विशाल-अक्षी’

• समर्चातः: from (her) being duly worshipped
• समर्चातः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + arc (धातु) + ta (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; पुं/नपुं (context: ‘from being duly worshipped’)

• रूपसंपत्तियुक्पतिः: a husband endowed with beauty and prosperity
• रूपसंपत्तियुक्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa + saṃpatti + yuk + pati (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासार्थः ‘रूप-संपत्त्या युक्तः पतिḥ’ (husband endowed with beauty and prosperity)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśālākṣī-sthāna (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers flowers, lamp, and incense before Viśālākṣī Devī in a Kāśī shrine; the Gaṅgā’s presence is implied; the goddess radiates both serene liberation and regal prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Viśālākṣī
• Mokṣa
• Rūpa
• Saṃpatti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text asserts with certainty that devotion to Viśālākṣī culminates in mokṣa, while also bestowing worldly well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viśālākṣī shrine/pīṭha in Kāśī, presented as a direct means to liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana—proper, complete worship of Viśālākṣī—promised to yield both spiritual and material fruits.