Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

मुक्तिमंडपिकायां च निमेषार्धो पवेशनात् । तत्र धर्मकथालापात्पुराणश्रवणादपि

Transliteration

muktimaṃḍapikāyāṃ ca nimeṣārdho paveśanāt | tatra dharmakathālāpātpurāṇaśravaṇādapi

Translation

مُکتی-منڈپِکا میں پلک جھپکنے کے آدھے لمحے کے لیے بھی داخل ہونا؛ اور وہاں دھرم کتھا کی گفتگو کرنا اور پُرانوں کا شروَن کرنا—کاشی میں عظیم پُنّیہ عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• मुक्तिमण्डपिकायाम्: in the Mukti-maṇḍapikā (hall of liberation)
• मुक्तिमण्डपिकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति + मण्डपिका (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तेः मण्डपिका)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• निमेषार्धः: half a moment
• निमेषार्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमेष + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निमेषस्य अर्धः)

• प्रवेशनात्: from/through entering
• प्रवेशनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• धर्मकथालापात्: from discussion of dharma-stories
• धर्मकथालापात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + कथा + आलाप (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मविषया कथा; तस्याः आलापः)

• पुराणश्रवणात्: from listening to Purāṇas
• पुराणश्रवणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुराणस्य श्रवणम्)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukti-Maṇḍapikā

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small pavilion named Mukti-Maṇḍapikā with carved pillars; seekers step in briefly, then sit to hear Purāṇa recitation; a speaker holds a palm-leaf manuscript, listeners in attentive silence.

Characters & Entities

• Mukti-maṇḍapikā
• Purāṇa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī sanctifies even brief contact with holy spaces, and dharma-discourse and Purāṇa-hearing there become swift means of uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mukti-maṇḍapikā in Kāśī, presented as a liberation-linked sacred pavilion/spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering Mukti-maṇḍapikā, engaging in dharma-kathā, and listening to Purāṇas (purāṇa-śravaṇa).