Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हरिकेशवने रम्ये दृष्ट्वैवांगिरसेश्वरम् । इह लोके वसेद्विप्र तेजसापरिबृंहितः

Transliteration

harikeśavane ramye dṛṣṭvaivāṃgiraseśvaram | iha loke vasedvipra tejasāparibṛṃhitaḥ

Translation

Dans la charmante forêt de Harikeśava, rien qu’en contemplant Aṅgiraseśvara, un brāhmane demeure en ce monde même, comblé et affermi par l’éclat spirituel (tejas).

Word by Word

• हरिकेशवने: in the forest of Hari and Keśava
• हरिकेशवने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिकेशवन (प्रातिपदिक) = हरि + केशव + वन (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हरि-केशवयोः वनम्)

• रम्ये: beautiful, delightful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हरिकेशवने)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having seen’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• आङ्गिरसेश्वरम्: the Lord of (sage) Aṅgiras
• आङ्गिरसेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = आङ्गिरस + ईश्वर (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आङ्गिरसस्य ईश्वरः)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तेजसा: by splendor, by spiritual power
• तेजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• परिबृंहितः: strengthened, augmented
• परिबृंहितः: Karta-anvaya (Predicative to subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-बृंह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle/कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘enlarged/strengthened’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgiraseśvara (Harikeśava-vana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred grove (vana) in Kāśī with a small liṅga-shrine of Aṅgiraseśvara; a brāhmaṇa pilgrim stands with añjali, bathed in a subtle aura of tejas; soft light filtering through trees, with distant hints of the city’s sacred atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Harikeśava-vana
• Aṅgiraseśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple darśana (holy sight) of a Kāśī-liṅga is praised as a direct source of inner tejas and auspicious worldly life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Harikeśava-vana in Kāśī, specifically the liṅga named Aṅgiraseśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No elaborate rite is prescribed—only darśana (beholding) is stated as sufficient for the fruit.