Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

आनन्दपयसापूर्य कुचावुद्वेलितो भवेत् । त्वदंगसंगसंभूत सुखसन्दोह शीतला

Transliteration

ānandapayasāpūrya kucāvudvelito bhavet | tvadaṃgasaṃgasaṃbhūta sukhasandoha śītalā

Translation

ആനന്ദമെന്ന പാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ് എന്റെ സ്തനങ്ങൾ ഉച്ച്വസിക്കും; നിന്റെ അംഗസ്പർശത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന സുഖസമൂഹത്തിന്റെ ശീതളധാര ഉയിർക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• आनन्द-पयसā: with nectar/milk of bliss
• आनन्द-पयसā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (आनन्दस्य पयः)

• आपूर्य: having filled
• आपूर्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+पूर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• कुचौ: the two breasts
• कुचौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), द्विवचन

• उद्वेलितः: swollen, surging
• उद्वेलितः: Predicate (Pratijna/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+वेल् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वत्-अङ्ग-सङ्ग-सम्भूत: arisen from contact with your body
• त्वत्-अङ्ग-सङ्ग-सम्भूत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भूत (कृदन्त; सम्+भू-धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्वदङ्गसङ्गात् सम्भूतः/सम्भूता)

• सुख-सन्दोह: a mass/heap of pleasures
• सुख-सन्दोह: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्दोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सुखानां सन्दोहः)

• शीतला: cool, soothing
• शीतला: Predicate (Pratijna/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (likely a mother addressing her child within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: child

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother, overwhelmed with joy, holds her child; the imagery suggests a cool, white flood of happiness and the swelling of nourishment, rendered symbolically as gentle waves of milk-like light.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It conveys the sanctity of nurturing love and the soothing power of affectionate bonds, which purāṇas often frame as dharmic virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the placement is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī) narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.