According to 'Hokinaiden,' which is one of the scriptures of Onmyodo (way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements), Muto-shin was the reincarnation of the deity of Tengyosho (God of Heavenly Punishment), and was the daio in Rajagrha, Kisshoten (Laksmi), and was called Shoki-tei.
陰陽道の教典の一つである「刃辛（ほき）内伝」では天刑星（てんぎょうしょう）の神の転生で、吉祥天の王舎城の大王で商貴帝と呼ばれる。