Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

आनंदकानने येषां रुचिर्वै वसतां सताम् । विश्वेशानुगृहीतानां तेषामानंदजोदयः

Transliteration

ānaṃdakānane yeṣāṃ rucirvai vasatāṃ satām | viśveśānugṛhītānāṃ teṣāmānaṃdajodayaḥ

Translation

For those virtuous souls who truly delight in dwelling in the Grove of Bliss (Ānandakānana), and who are favored by Viśveśa (Lord of the Universe), there arises an ever-increasing dawning of spiritual bliss.

Word by Word

• आनन्दकानने: in the forest of bliss (Ānandakānana)
• आनन्दकानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द-कानन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• रुचिः: delight, liking
• रुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-भाव (subject)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• वसताम्: of (those) dwelling
• वसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; ‘वसत्’ = dwelling

• सताम्: of the virtuous
• सताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सत्’/‘साधु’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेष्य (of the good people)

• विश्वेश: Lord of the universe (Viśveśa)
• विश्वेश: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (सम्बोधन/नाम); समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• अनुगृहीतानाम्: of those favoured (blessed)
• अनुगृहीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (those who have been favoured)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• आनन्दज: born of bliss
• आनन्दज: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनन्द-ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; ‘आनन्दात् जातः’ (born of bliss) — समासाङ्ग

• उदयः: arising, dawn
• उदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana / Ānandavana (Kāśī-Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of Ānandakānana in Kāśī: sādhus dwelling under flowering trees, the distant spire of Viśveśvara, and a subtle radiance signifying Śiva’s grace causing an inner dawn of bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandakānana
• Viśveśa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional residence in Kāśī’s Ānandavana, supported by Viśveśa’s grace, naturally culminates in an ever-deepening experience of ānanda (spiritual bliss).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana/Ānandavana within Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra), associated with Viśveśa (Kāśī Viśvanātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on devoted dwelling/residence in the sacred space and receiving Śiva’s grace.