Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

परमानंदरूपाभ्यां परमानंदरूपिणी । पंचक्रोशपरीमाणे स्वपादतलनिर्मिते

Transliteration

paramānaṃdarūpābhyāṃ paramānaṃdarūpiṇī | paṃcakrośaparīmāṇe svapādatalanirmite

Translation

પરમાનંદસ્વરૂપિણી તે દેવી, પરમાનંદસ્વરૂપ એવા તે બંને સાથે, પોતાના જ પાદતલથી નિર્મિત પંચક્રોશ-પરિમાણવાળા (આ) ક્ષેત્રમાં વિરાજે છે।

Word by Word

• parama-ānanda-rūpābhyām: by the two of supreme-bliss form
• parama-ānanda-rūpābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), द्विवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: परमोऽनन्दः रूपं यस्य (of supreme-bliss form)

• parama-ānanda-rūpiṇī: she who is of supreme-bliss form
• parama-ānanda-rūpiṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: परमानन्दरूपा (having the form of supreme bliss)

• pañca-krośa-parīmāṇe: in the five-krośa-measured (area)
• pañca-krośa-parīmāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या) + krośa (प्रातिपदिक) + parīmāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: पञ्चक्रोशः परिमाणं यस्य/यत्र (of five-krośa measure)

• sva-pāda-tala-nirmite: in that which is made by her own foot-sole
• sva-pāda-tala-nirmite: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmita (कृदन्त; nir√mā)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: स्वपादतलेन निर्मिते (constructed by/with one’s own foot-sole)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcakrośī Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant aerial mandala of Kāśī encircled by a five-krośa ring; Devī’s colossal yet gentle foot-sole touches the earth, imprinting the boundary; within, Śiva-Śakti glow as ānanda-svarūpa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-Śakti
• Avimukta-kṣetra
• Pañcakrośī (five-krośa circuit of Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sacred boundary (pañcakrośa) is a bliss-filled divine manifestation, not merely a human demarcation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañcakrośī extent of Kāśī—Avimukta-kṣetra—central to Kāśī pilgrimage tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied pilgrimage context: the pañcakrośa circuit (Pañcakrośī-yātrā) is foregrounded, though not prescribed as a rule here.