Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

मोक्षलक्ष्मीविलासेथ प्रासादे सिद्धिमागते । देवो विरजसः पीठादंतर्गेहं विवेश ह

Transliteration

mokṣalakṣmīvilāsetha prāsāde siddhimāgate | devo virajasaḥ pīṭhādaṃtargehaṃ viveśa ha

Translation

అనంతరం ‘మోక్షలక్ష్మీవిలాస’ అనే, సిద్ధి లభించే ప్రాసాదమున, ప్రభువు విరజాపీఠమునుండి అంతఃగృహములో ప్రవేశించెను.

Word by Word

• मोक्षलक्ष्मीविलासे: in the (place called) ‘Mokṣalakṣmīvilāsa’
• मोक्षलक्ष्मीविलासे: Adhikarana (Location/Time अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष-लक्ष्मी-विलास (प्रातिपदिक: मोक्ष + लक्ष्मी + विलास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Sequence (अनन्तरार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• प्रासादे: in the palace
• प्रासादे: Adhikarana (Location/Time अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (सिद्धिम्-आगते इति समासार्थे)

• आगते: having been reached/attained (i.e., where success is attained)
• आगते: Adhikarana (Location/Time अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रासादे)

• देवः: the god (Śiva)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विरजसः: of Virajas (name)
• विरजसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पीठात्: from the seat/pedestal
• पीठात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अन्तर्गेहम्: the inner house, inner chamber
• अन्तर्गेहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्-गेह (प्रातिपदिक: अन्तर् + गेह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म (विवेश)

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Skanda (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣa-Lakṣmī-Vilāsa (prāsāda) / Virajā-pīṭha

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāprājña rishi (unnamed here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous palace named Mokṣa-Lakṣmī-Vilāsa; Śiva moves from the Virajā seat into the inner chambers—an allegory of crossing into stainless liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)
• Mokṣa
• Lakṣmī
• Virajā (Viraja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is portrayed as an auspicious ‘abode’ entered through purity (viraja), reinforcing the Mahatmya theme of sacred spaces as gateways to moksha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A named sacred ‘palace’ (Mokṣa-Lakṣmī-Vilāsa) is referenced within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative, suggesting an inner sacred topography rather than a common pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is descriptive of divine movement into a sanctified inner space.