Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पूर्वे तु विद्यते देवी आनंदानंददायिनी । वसंती चोत्तरे देव्यो नानारूपधरा मुदा

Transliteration

pūrve tu vidyate devī ānaṃdānaṃdadāyinī | vasaṃtī cottare devyo nānārūpadharā mudā

Translation

Im Osten ist die Göttin Ānandā, die Freude und Seligkeit schenkt. Und im Norden wohnt Vasantī, während andere Göttinnen, vielgestaltig, dort in Wonne verweilen.

Word by Word

• पूर्वे: in the east
• पूर्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the east)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• विद्यते: is found/exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्तरि: ‘exists/is found’

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आनंदानंददायिनी: giver of bliss and joy
• आनंदानंददायिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनन्द + आनन्द + दायिनी (दा धातु-णिनि/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवी); ‘दायिनी’ = दा-धातोः णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (giver)

• वसंती: (Goddess) Vasantī
• वसंती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (देवी-नाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• उत्तरे: in the north
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the north)

• देव्यः: goddesses
• देव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• नानारूपधराः: bearing various forms
• नानारूपधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना + रूप + धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देव्यः)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाव-करण (with joy)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandā and Vasantī shrines (within Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunrise over Dharmāraṇya: the eastern shrine of Ānandā glowing with first light; to the north, Vasantī amid flowering trees and garlands; other Devīs appear joyfully in varied forms, as if the forest itself celebrates.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Ānandā
• Vasantī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī bestows ānanda (bliss) through her presence in the tīrtha; pilgrimage is portrayed as entering a living mandala of sacred directions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, through the east (Ānandā) and north (Vasantī) Devī-sthānas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it indicates where to find specific Devī-forms within the sacred geography.