Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

आनंदकानने येषां रुचिर्वै वसतां सताम् । विश्वेशानुगृहीतानां तेषामानंदजोदयः

Transliteration

ānaṃdakānane yeṣāṃ rucirvai vasatāṃ satām | viśveśānugṛhītānāṃ teṣāmānaṃdajodayaḥ

Translation

Pour ces âmes vertueuses qui se plaisent véritablement à demeurer dans l’Ānandakānana, et que Viśveśa (Seigneur de l’Univers) comble de sa grâce, se lève une aurore de félicité spirituelle sans cesse grandissante.

Word by Word

• आनन्दकानने: in the forest of bliss (Ānandakānana)
• आनन्दकानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द-कानन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• रुचिः: delight, liking
• रुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-भाव (subject)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• वसताम्: of (those) dwelling
• वसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; ‘वसत्’ = dwelling

• सताम्: of the virtuous
• सताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सत्’/‘साधु’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेष्य (of the good people)

• विश्वेश: Lord of the universe (Viśveśa)
• विश्वेश: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (सम्बोधन/नाम); समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• अनुगृहीतानाम्: of those favoured (blessed)
• अनुगृहीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (those who have been favoured)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• आनन्दज: born of bliss
• आनन्दज: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनन्द-ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; ‘आनन्दात् जातः’ (born of bliss) — समासाङ्ग

• उदयः: arising, dawn
• उदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana / Ānandavana (Kāśī-Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of Ānandakānana in Kāśī: sādhus dwelling under flowering trees, the distant spire of Viśveśvara, and a subtle radiance signifying Śiva’s grace causing an inner dawn of bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandakānana
• Viśveśa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional residence in Kāśī’s Ānandavana, supported by Viśveśa’s grace, naturally culminates in an ever-deepening experience of ānanda (spiritual bliss).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana/Ānandavana within Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra), associated with Viśveśa (Kāśī Viśvanātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on devoted dwelling/residence in the sacred space and receiving Śiva’s grace.