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

À l’est se tient la Déesse Ānandā, dispensatrice de joie et de béatitude. Et au nord demeure Vasantī, tandis que d’autres Déesses, aux formes multiples, y résident dans l’allégresse.

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.