Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आनंदकंदबीजानामंकुराणि यतस्ततः । ज्ञेयानि सर्वलिंगानि तस्मिन्नानंदकानने

Transliteration

ānaṃdakaṃdabījānāmaṃkurāṇi yatastataḥ | jñeyāni sarvaliṃgāni tasminnānaṃdakānane

Translation

Dans cette Forêt de Félicité, tous les Liṅgas doivent être compris comme des pousses jaillissant de toutes parts des tubercules-semences de la béatitude divine.

Word by Word

• आनन्दकन्दबीजानाम्: of the seeds of the bulbs/tubers of bliss
• आनन्दकन्दबीजानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द + कन्द + बीज (प्रातिपदिक); components: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अङ्कुराणि: sprouts
• अङ्कुराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यतः: from where/whence
• यतः: Hetu/Source (Cause/Source/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/सम्बन्धवाचक-अव्यय (from which/wherefrom)

• ततः: from there/thence
• ततः: Adhikarana/Source (Reference/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धवाचक-अव्यय (thence/from there)

• ज्ञेयानि: are to be known
• ज्ञेयानि: Vidhi/Predicate (to be known/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + अनीय (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वलिङ्गानि: all genders/forms
• सर्वलिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक); components: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आनन्दकानने: in the bliss-grove (Ānandakānana)
• आनन्दकानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द + कानन (प्रातिपदिक); components: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandavana’s Sarva-liṅga-kṣetra (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred grove-city where innumerable small liṅga shrines emerge like tender shoots among ancient trees; a sage points out that each is an ‘ankura’ of ānanda.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Ānandavana
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s many Liṅgas are portrayed as natural manifestations of ānanda—devotion there taps into a single, pervasive sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandavana in Kāśī, famed for its countless Śiva-liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implicitly supports Liṅga-darśana and worship across Kāśī.