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

它光辉灿然，顶端以炽耀的金色宝瓶（kalaśa）庄严；仿佛依止于圆满的满月之中，如同劳顿之后的安慰。

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.