Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

संप्राप्य तन्महापीठं स्वर्गलोकादिहागतः । आनंदकानने दिव्यं तताप विपुलं तपः

Transliteration

saṃprāpya tanmahāpīṭhaṃ svargalokādihāgataḥ | ānaṃdakānane divyaṃ tatāpa vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

Ayant atteint ce grand siège sacré—lui qui était venu ici du monde céleste—il accomplit dans le divin Ānandakānana une austérité vaste et céleste.

Word by Word

• सम्प्राप्य: having reached
• सम्प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय; gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (‘having reached’)

• तन्महापीठम्: that great sacred seat
• तन्महापीठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-महा-पीठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म; समासः (‘तत्’ + ‘महापीठ’)

• स्वर्गलोकात्: from the heavenly world
• स्वर्गलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपा‍दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: ‘from’); समासः (‘स्वर्गस्य लोकः’)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• आगतः: having come
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त; past participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे कर्ता

• आनन्दकानने: in the grove of bliss (Ānandakānana)
• आनन्दकानने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द-कानन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण; समासः (‘आनन्दस्य काननम्’)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• तताप: performed (austerity)/did penance
• तताप: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: abundant/great
• विपुलम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred from Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāpīṭha in Ānandakānana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit in the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine grove—Ānandakānana—filled with flowering trees and shrine silhouettes; the sādhaka, said to have come from Svarga, sits in firm posture performing tapas near the great pīṭha, surrounded by quiet radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāpīṭha
• Svargaloka
• Ānandakānana
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even those of celestial origin seek fulfillment through tapas at Kāśī’s sacred seats—discipline in a holy place magnifies spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana of Kāśī and the associated mahāpīṭha (contextually connected with Pañcamudrā), portrayed as a powerhouse for tapas and siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/penance) undertaken at the mahāpīṭha within Ānandakānana.