Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रसादात्तिष्ठावः सुखमानंदकानने । परिक्षिप्त मनोवृत्तौ क्व हि चिंतातुरे सुखम्

Transliteration

yasya prasādāttiṣṭhāvaḥ sukhamānaṃdakānane | parikṣipta manovṛttau kva hi ciṃtāture sukham

Translation

By whose grace we abide happily in the Forest of Bliss. For when the mind’s movements are scattered, what happiness can there be for one afflicted by worry?

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• prasādāt: from (his) grace
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• tiṣṭhāvaḥ: we stood / remained
• tiṣṭhāvaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन (epic usage for ‘we remained/stood’)

• sukham: happily / in comfort
• sukham: Sambandha (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially)

• ānandakānane: in the blissful grove (Ānandakānana)
• ānandakānane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānandakānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—आनन्दं काननम् (karmadhāraya)

• parikṣipta: scattered / distracted
• parikṣipta: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√kṣip (धातु) + parikṣipta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; मनोवृत्तौ इति पदेन सह (agreeing with manovṛttau)

• manovṛttau: when the mind’s activity is distracted
• manovṛttau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—मनसः वृत्तिः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• kva: where
• kva: Sambandha (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक देश/स्थितिवाचक (interrogative adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• ciṃtāture: in one afflicted by worry
• ciṃtāture: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—चिन्तया आतुरः (instrumental tatpuruṣa)

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandavana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil Ānandavana bathed in soft light; divine presence is felt as a gentle aura. Two serene figures abide happily, while in the foreground a restless person with scattered thoughts is contrasted—showing that worry blocks joy even in paradise.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandavana
• Īśvara’s grace (Śiva, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Happiness in the sacred realm depends on grace and inner steadiness; anxiety and scattered mental activity obstruct true peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandavana in Kāśī, depicted as a place of abiding joy through divine favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; it points to cultivating mental steadiness and reliance on divine grace.