Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

यथानंदवनं प्राप्य त्वं मामर्चितवानसि । तथान्ये पुण्यकर्माणो मामभ्यर्च्यैव मामिताः

Transliteration

yathānaṃdavanaṃ prāpya tvaṃ māmarcitavānasi | tathānye puṇyakarmāṇo māmabhyarcyaiva māmitāḥ

Translation

ତୁମେ ଆନନ୍ଦବନକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଯେପରି ମୋର ପୂଜା କଲ, ସେପରି ଅନ୍ୟ ପୁଣ୍ୟକର୍ମୀମାନେ ମୋତେ ମାତ୍ର ଆରାଧନା କରି ମୋତେ ହିଁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (relation/comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (adverbial/comparative)

• ānandavanam: Ānandavana (the bliss-grove)
• ānandavanam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānandavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having attained)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे मध्यमपुरुष-संबोधन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन

• arcitavān: has worshipped
• arcitavān: Kriyā (verbal predicate component)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (धातु) + -वत् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्वत्/एवम् (correlative adverb)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• puṇyakarmāṇaḥ: of meritorious deeds
• puṇyakarmāṇaḥ: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (those whose deeds are meritorious)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• abhyarcya: having worshipped (reverently)
• abhyarcya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having duly worshipped)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• māmitāḥ: have come to me / have reached me
• māmitāḥ: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mā (प्रातिपदिक) + √mā (धातु, माने/मितौ)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; (माम् + इताः = मामिताः)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandavana (within Kāśī/Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the sacred grove of Ānandavana, Śiva acknowledges the devotee’s worship and declares that other meritorious worshippers likewise attain Him; the atmosphere is verdant, sanctified, and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Ānandavana
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reaching Ānandavana and worshipping Śiva there is depicted as a proven path by which many devotees attain Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandavana in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana/abhyarcana—devotional worship of Śiva upon arriving at Ānandavana.