Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

देदीप्यमान सौवर्ण कलशेन विराजिते । पार्वणेन शशांकेन खेदादिव समाश्रिते

Transliteration

dedīpyamāna sauvarṇa kalaśena virājite | pārvaṇena śaśāṃkena khedādiva samāśrite

Translation

وہ دہکتے ہوئے سنہری کلش سے آراستہ چمک رہا تھا؛ اور یوں لگتا تھا گویا اس نے پُورنما کے چاند میں پناہ لی ہو—جیسے تھکن کے بعد راحت ملتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• देदीप्यमान: shining
• देदीप्यमान: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle) ‘देदीप्यमान’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (प्रासादे/स्थाने विशेषण)

• सौवर्ण: golden
• सौवर्ण: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; गुणवाचक विशेषण

• कलशेन: with a finial/pot
• कलशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विराजिते: adorned
• विराजिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + राज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘विराजित’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘adorned/illuminated’

• पार्वणेन: by the festival/full-moon (one)
• पार्वणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘पर्वसम्बन्धि’ (festival/full-moon related)

• शशाङ्केन: by the moon
• शशाङ्केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशाङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• खेदात्: from weariness
• खेदात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• इव: as if
• इव: Upamana-marker (Simile/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक

• समाश्रिते: resting/settled
• समाश्रिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘समाश्रित’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘rested/settled upon’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maitrāvaruṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing golden finial atop the shrine gleams, seeming to rest in the full moon’s orb—like cool relief after exhaustion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kalaśa (temple finial)
• Śaśāṅka (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine precinct is depicted as luminous and soothing—suggesting that approaching sacred Śiva-space brings inner relief and clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the māhātmya-style depiction of the divine structure within the Triviṣṭapa/Viraja narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a poetic glorification of the shrine’s auspicious form and radiance.