Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

आहिच्छत्र्यां जनानंदः काञ्चीपुर्यां जनप्रियः । कर्णाटस्य पुरे ब्रह्मा ऋषिकुण्डे मुनिस्तथा

Transliteration

āhicchatryāṃ janānaṃdaḥ kāñcīpuryāṃ janapriyaḥ | karṇāṭasya pure brahmā ṛṣikuṇḍe munistathā

Translation

ആഹിച്ഛത്രയിൽ ഞാൻ ജനാനന്ദൻ—ജനങ്ങൾക്ക് ആനന്ദം നൽകുന്നവൻ; കാഞ്ചീപുരിയിൽ ഞാൻ ജനപ്രിയൻ—ജനങ്ങളുടെ പ്രിയൻ. കർണാട നഗരത്തിൽ ഞാൻ ബ്രഹ്മാ; ഋഷികുണ്ഡത്തിൽ ഞാൻ മുനിരൂപത്തിൽ ആരാധ്യൻ.

Word by Word

• आहिच्छत्र्याम्: in Āhicchatrī
• आहिच्छत्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहिच्छत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जनानन्दः: delight of people
• जनानन्दः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जनानाम् आनन्दः)

• काञ्चीपुर्याम्: in Kāñcīpurī
• काञ्चीपुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चीपुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जनप्रियः: beloved of people
• जनप्रियः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जनस्य/जनानां प्रियः)

• कर्णाटस्य: of Karṇāṭa
• कर्णाटस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ऋषिकुण्डे: in Ṛṣi-kuṇḍa
• ऋषिकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषेः कुण्डम्)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: 'thus/also')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āhicchatrā; Kāñcīpurī; Ṛṣikuṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gentle Viṣṇu figure appears in four modes: blessing crowds in Āhichhatra and Kāñcī; seated on a lotus as ‘Brahmā’ in a Karnataka city; and as a serene sage by a forest pond labeled Ṛṣikuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Āhicchatrā
• Kāñcīpurī
• Karṇāṭa
• Ṛṣikuṇḍa
• Janānanda
• Janapriya
• Brahmā
• Muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage geography is also a map of virtues: joy, belovedness, creative order, and ascetic wisdom are each anchored in specific kṣetras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Āhicchatrā, Kāñcīpurī, Karṇāṭa’s city, and Ṛṣikuṇḍa are praised through the divine names associated with them.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears; the verse functions as māhātmya-style identification for remembrance and pilgrimage orientation.