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

ਜਿਵੇਂ ਤੂੰ ਆਨੰਦਵਨ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਅਰਚਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਹੋਰ ਪੁੰਨਕਰਮੀ ਭੀ ਕੇਵਲ ਮੇਰੀ ਭਗਤੀ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ।

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.