Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रसादात्तिष्ठावः सुखमानंदकानने । परिक्षिप्त मनोवृत्तौ क्व हि चिंतातुरे सुखम्

Transliteration

yasya prasādāttiṣṭhāvaḥ sukhamānaṃdakānane | parikṣipta manovṛttau kva hi ciṃtāture sukham

Translation

Par la grâce de Celui-là, nous demeurons heureux dans la Forêt de la Béatitude. Car lorsque les mouvements du mental sont épars, quelle joie peut-il y avoir pour celui que tourmente le souci ?

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• prasādāt: from (his) grace
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• tiṣṭhāvaḥ: we stood / remained
• tiṣṭhāvaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन (epic usage for ‘we remained/stood’)

• sukham: happily / in comfort
• sukham: Sambandha (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially)

• ānandakānane: in the blissful grove (Ānandakānana)
• ānandakānane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānandakānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—आनन्दं काननम् (karmadhāraya)

• parikṣipta: scattered / distracted
• parikṣipta: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√kṣip (धातु) + parikṣipta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; मनोवृत्तौ इति पदेन सह (agreeing with manovṛttau)

• manovṛttau: when the mind’s activity is distracted
• manovṛttau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—मनसः वृत्तिः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• kva: where
• kva: Sambandha (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक देश/स्थितिवाचक (interrogative adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• ciṃtāture: in one afflicted by worry
• ciṃtāture: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—चिन्तया आतुरः (instrumental tatpuruṣa)

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandavana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil Ānandavana bathed in soft light; divine presence is felt as a gentle aura. Two serene figures abide happily, while in the foreground a restless person with scattered thoughts is contrasted—showing that worry blocks joy even in paradise.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandavana
• Īśvara’s grace (Śiva, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Happiness in the sacred realm depends on grace and inner steadiness; anxiety and scattered mental activity obstruct true peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandavana in Kāśī, depicted as a place of abiding joy through divine favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; it points to cultivating mental steadiness and reliance on divine grace.