Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

आनंदमेवजनयेदपि पापजुषामिह । परानंदमहं प्राप्तः श्रुत्वैतल्लिंगकीर्तनम्

Transliteration

ānaṃdamevajanayedapi pāpajuṣāmiha | parānaṃdamahaṃ prāptaḥ śrutvaitalliṃgakīrtanam

Translation

Even for those steeped in sin, here the mere telling of this Liṅga brings forth joy. Having heard this praise of the Liṅga, I myself have attained supreme bliss.

Word by Word

• आनन्दम्: bliss, joy
• आनन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जनयेत्: would produce, should generate
• जनयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (also/even particle)

• पापजुषाम्: of those who indulge in sin
• पापजुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + जुष् (धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: पापजुष्)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (पापं जुषन्ति इति) (Genitive, Plural; participial noun)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• परानन्दम्: supreme bliss
• परानन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun, Nominative, Singular)

• प्राप्तः: attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) (कृदन्त: प्राप्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगे ‘प्राप्तः (अस्मि)’ (Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘have attained’)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘श्रुत्वा’ (having heard)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative adjective)

• लिङ्गकीर्तनम्: the recitation/praise of the liṅga
• लिङ्गकीर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in this single verse (contextually within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues; commonly Skanda speaking in Kāśī Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Liṅga-kīrtana within Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional assembly in Kāśī: a narrator recites the glory of a Liṅga; listeners—some burdened by past sins—soften, tears and serenity arising; the Liṅga radiates calm light, Ganga nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and reciting the Liṅga’s māhātmya itself purifies and yields bliss, even for those burdened by sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework, implying the sanctifying field of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), where Liṅga-glorification is especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa and kīrtana (hearing and narrating) of the Liṅga’s greatness are presented as the effective devotional practice.