Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
आनंदकाननं येन स्तुतमेतत्सुचेतसा । तेनाहं संस्तुतः सम्यक्सर्वैः सूक्तैः श्रुतीरितैः
ānaṃdakānanaṃ yena stutametatsucetasā | tenāhaṃ saṃstutaḥ samyaksarvaiḥ sūktaiḥ śrutīritaiḥ
जिस शुद्ध-चित्त ने इस आनन्दकानन की स्तुति की है, उसी के द्वारा मैं भी वेदों में कहे गए समस्त सुक्तों से मानो यथार्थ रूप से स्तुत हुआ हूँ।
Śiva
Tirtha: Ānandakānana (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed sage/devotee; also a general audience within the dialogue
Scene: A pure-minded devotee praises the bliss-forest Ānandakānana; above, subtle Vedic ṛk-mantras appear as luminous script, merging into Śiva’s form—showing equivalence of stuti and śruti.
FAQs
Glorifying Kāśī/Ānandakānana is equivalent to offering the highest Vedic praise to Śiva.
Ānandakānana—Kāśī’s sacred ‘Forest of Bliss’ within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Stuti/stavana of Ānandakānana (Kāśī) as a supreme devotional act.