Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
आनंदकाननं प्राप्य ये निरानंदभूमिकाम् । अन्यां हृदापि वांछंति निरानंदाः सदात्र ते
Transliteration
ānaṃdakānanaṃ prāpya ye nirānaṃdabhūmikām | anyāṃ hṛdāpi vāṃchaṃti nirānaṃdāḥ sadātra te
Translation
ആനന്ദകാനനം (കാശി) പ്രാപിച്ചിട്ടും ഹൃദയത്തിൽ മറ്റൊരു ആനന്ദരഹിത ഭൂമിയെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ ഇവിടെ എന്നും ആനന്ദവഞ്ചിതരായിരിക്കും.
Word by Word
आनन्दकाननम्the grove/forest of bliss
आनन्दकाननम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आनन्दस्य काननम्)
प्राप्यhaving reached/attained
प्राप्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having attained’
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक सर्वनाम
निरानन्दभूमिकाम्a joyless state/ground
निरानन्दभूमिकाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिरानन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + भूमिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (निरानन्दा भूमिका)
अन्याम्another
अन्याम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
हृदाwith the heart
हृदा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), ‘even/also’
वाञ्छन्तिdesire
वाञ्छन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवाञ्छ् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
निरानन्दाःjoyless (people)
निरानन्दाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरानन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ये इति)
सदाalways
सदा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
Speaker
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda to Agastya)
Characters & Entities
Ā
ĀnandakānanaK
Kāśī (implied)FAQs
True bliss arises from inner alignment with dharma and devotion; even in Kāśī, craving elsewhere keeps one joyless.
Ānandakānana—an epithet for Kāśī/Varanasi, praised as the abode of bliss and liberation.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on inner disposition—non-craving and steadfastness in Kāśī.