Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

मोक्षद्वारेश्वरश्चैव स्वर्गद्वारेश्वरस्तथा । ब्रह्मेशो लांगलश्चैव वृद्धकालेश्वरस्तथा

Transliteration

mokṣadvāreśvaraścaiva svargadvāreśvarastathā | brahmeśo lāṃgalaścaiva vṛddhakāleśvarastathā

Translation

และ (ยังมีนามเหล่านี้ด้วย)—โมกษทวาเรศวร สวรรค์ทวาเรศวร พรหมเมศะ ลางคละ และเช่นเดียวกัน วฤทธกาลேศวร

Word by Word

• मोक्ष-द्वार-ईश्वरः: Lord of the gate to liberation (Mokṣadvāreśvara)
• मोक्ष-द्वार-ईश्वरः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘मोक्षस्य द्वारस्य ईश्वरः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• स्वर्ग-द्वार-ईश्वरः: Lord of the gate to heaven (Svargadvāreśvara)
• स्वर्ग-द्वार-ईश्वरः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘स्वर्गस्य द्वारस्य ईश्वरः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चय (likewise/so)

• ब्रह्मेशः: Brahmeśa
• ब्रह्मेशः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘ब्रह्मणः ईशः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लाङ्गलः: Lāṅgala (name/title)
• लाङ्गलः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वृद्ध-काल-ईश्वरः: Lord of ‘aged time’ (Vṛddhakāleśvara)
• वृद्ध-काल-ईश्वरः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव: ‘वृद्धः कालः’ + तस्य ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (likewise)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī Mahāliṅga circuit (including Mokṣadvāreśvara, Svargadvāreśvara, Brahmeśa, Lāṅgala, Vṛddhakāleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied interlocutor within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue (addressed elsewhere as ‘सुंदरी’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic depiction of two arched gateways labeled Mokṣa and Svarga within Kāśī’s sacred grove, each guarded by a Śiva-liṅga shrine; pilgrims proceed with lamps and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Mokṣadvāreśvara
• Svargadvāreśvara
• Brahmeśa
• Lāṅgala
• Vṛddhakāleśvara
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s liṅgas are portrayed as spiritual ‘gatekeepers’ granting higher destinies and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅgas belong to Kāśī’s sacred precincts within Ānandakānana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is veneration/recitation of these named liṅgas as part of Kāśī worship.