Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

त एव व्रतिनः कांते त एव च तपस्विनः । ध्यातान्येतानि यैर्भक्तैर्लिंगान्यानंदकानने

Transliteration

ta eva vratinaḥ kāṃte ta eva ca tapasvinaḥ | dhyātānyetāni yairbhaktairliṃgānyānaṃdakānane

Translation

ହେ ପ୍ରିୟେ! ଆନନ୍ଦକାନନରେ ଥିବା ଏହି ଲିଙ୍ଗମାନଙ୍କୁ ଯେ ଭକ୍ତମାନେ ଧ୍ୟାନ କରନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ହିଁ ସତ୍ୟ ବ୍ରତୀ ଓ ସତ୍ୟ ତପସ୍ବୀ।

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• vratinaḥ: vow-observers
• vratinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vratin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्

• kānte: O beloved (Pārvatī)
• kānte: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāntā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative) एकवचनम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tapasvinaḥ: ascetics
• tapasvinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्

• dhyātāni: meditated upon
• dhyātāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Nom/Acc pl)

• etāni: these
• etāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• yaiḥ: by whom
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• bhaktaiḥ: by devotees
• bhaktaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचनम्

• liṃgāni: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• liṃgāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्

• ānandakānane: in the Ānanda-grove
• ānandakānane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda + kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ānandasya kānanam)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī; Kāśī devotional معيار)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakanana (within Avimukta/Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sage interlocutor (contextual; not named in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees seated in a verdant sacred grove within Kāśī, eyes half-closed in meditation, multiple ancient liṅgas arranged along a shaded path; a serene aura of bliss pervades.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Ānanda-kānana
• Bhakta
• Vrata
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows and asceticism are fulfilled in their essence through devoted contemplation of Śiva’s liṅgas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānanda-kānana, the ‘Grove of Bliss’ associated with Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditation) on the liṅgas; devotion is presented as the core discipline behind vrata and tapas.