Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हरिकेशवने रम्ये दृष्ट्वैवांगिरसेश्वरम् । इह लोके वसेद्विप्र तेजसापरिबृंहितः

Transliteration

harikeśavane ramye dṛṣṭvaivāṃgiraseśvaram | iha loke vasedvipra tejasāparibṛṃhitaḥ

Translation

രമ്യമായ ഹരികേശവ വനത്തിൽ അങ്ഗിരസേശ്വരനെ ദർശിച്ചുമാത്രം ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ഈ ലോകത്തുതന്നെ ദിവ്യ തേജസ്സാൽ പരിപുഷ്ടനായി വസിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• हरिकेशवने: in the forest of Hari and Keśava
• हरिकेशवने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिकेशवन (प्रातिपदिक) = हरि + केशव + वन (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हरि-केशवयोः वनम्)

• रम्ये: beautiful, delightful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हरिकेशवने)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having seen’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• आङ्गिरसेश्वरम्: the Lord of (sage) Aṅgiras
• आङ्गिरसेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = आङ्गिरस + ईश्वर (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आङ्गिरसस्य ईश्वरः)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तेजसा: by splendor, by spiritual power
• तेजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• परिबृंहितः: strengthened, augmented
• परिबृंहितः: Karta-anvaya (Predicative to subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-बृंह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle/कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘enlarged/strengthened’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgiraseśvara (Harikeśava-vana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred grove (vana) in Kāśī with a small liṅga-shrine of Aṅgiraseśvara; a brāhmaṇa pilgrim stands with añjali, bathed in a subtle aura of tejas; soft light filtering through trees, with distant hints of the city’s sacred atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Harikeśava-vana
• Aṅgiraseśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple darśana (holy sight) of a Kāśī-liṅga is praised as a direct source of inner tejas and auspicious worldly life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Harikeśava-vana in Kāśī, specifically the liṅga named Aṅgiraseśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No elaborate rite is prescribed—only darśana (beholding) is stated as sufficient for the fruit.