Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नितरां परितृप्तोस्मि सुधां पीत्वेव निर्जरः । ओंकारप्रमुखैर्लिंगैरिदमानंदकाननम्

Transliteration

nitarāṃ paritṛptosmi sudhāṃ pītveva nirjaraḥ | oṃkārapramukhairliṃgairidamānaṃdakānanam

Translation

আমি পরম তৃপ্ত—যেন অমৃত পান করে অমর হয়েছি; ওঁকার প্রভৃতি লিঙ্গসমূহ এই উপবনকে আনন্দের কাননে পরিণত করেছে।

Word by Word

• nitarām: exceedingly
• nitarām: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitarām (नितराम्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: exceedingly)

• paritṛptaḥ: fully satisfied
• paritṛptaḥ: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√tṛp (तृप् धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) → परितृप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle): fully satisfied

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sudhām: nectar
• sudhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sudhā (सुधा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pītvā: having drunk
• pītvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √pā (पा धातु ‘to drink’) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): having drunk

• iva: as if / like
• iva: Comparison marker (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (इव)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमार्थक (comparative particle)

• nirjaraḥ: an immortal (deva)
• nirjaraḥ: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirjara (निर्जर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• oṃkāra-pramukhaiḥ: by/with (liṅgas) headed by Oṃkāra
• oṃkāra-pramukhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: oṃkāra (ओंकार) + pramukha (प्रमुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समूहवाचक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—ओंकारः प्रमुखः येषाम् (having Oṃkāra as foremost)

• liṅgaiḥ: with liṅgas
• liṅgaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshya (Head noun referent/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• ānanda-kānanam: the forest of bliss
• ānanda-kānanam: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda (आनन्द) + kānana (कानन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—आनन्दस्य काननम् (forest of bliss)

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana (Kāśī) with Oṃkāra-pramukha liṅgas

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda/Kumāra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya expresses nectar-like satisfaction; a verdant sacred grove labeled Ānandakānana with a prominent Oṃkāra-liṅga and other liṅgas receding in perspective; atmosphere of serene bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Oṃkāra Liṅga (as foremost)
• Liṅgas
• Kāśī (contextual sacred grove/area)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred hearing and contemplation of Kāśī’s liṅgas produces inner fulfillment likened to amṛta—spiritual joy surpasses ordinary pleasures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘Ānanda-kānana’ (forest/grove of bliss) associated with Kāśī’s liṅga tradition, especially those beginning with Oṃkāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit devotion through śravaṇa and reverence for liṅgas (especially Oṃkāra-pramukha); no step-by-step ritual is specified.