Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कोटिहोमेन यत्प्रोक्तं फलमन्यत्र सूरिभिः । अष्टोत्तराहुतिशतात्तदत्रानंदकानने

Transliteration

koṭihomena yatproktaṃ phalamanyatra sūribhiḥ | aṣṭottarāhutiśatāttadatrānaṃdakānane

Translation

अन्यत्र सूरिभिः कोटिहोमजन्यं यत् फलं निगद्यते, तदेवात्र आनन्दकाननेऽष्टोत्तराहुतिशतादेव लभ्यते।

Word by Word

• कोटिहोमेन: by a crore of fire-offerings
• कोटिहोमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोटीनां होमः) — Instrumental singular: “by/with a crore of homas”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक सर्वनाम — relative pronoun “which/that”

• प्रोक्तम्: declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; passive past participle — “said/declared”

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — result/fruit

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — adverb “elsewhere”

• सूरिभिः: by sages
• सूरिभिः: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — by sages/learned ones

• अष्टोत्तराहुतिशतात्: than (from) a hundred-and-eight oblations
• अष्टोत्तराहुतिशतात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टोत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः (अष्टोत्तरं शतं आहुतयः यस्मिन्/यस्य) — Ablative singular: “from/than (the act of) 108 oblations”

• तत्: that (fruit)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative “that”

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक — adverb “here”

• आनन्दकानने: in Ānandakānana (the bliss-grove)
• आनन्दकानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आनन्दस्य काननम्) — Locative singular: “in the grove of bliss (Ānandakānana)”

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana (within Kāśī/Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small homa-kunda in a leafy sacred grove of Kāśī; a devotee offers 108 ghee oblations while the aura of Viśveśvara’s kṣetra magnifies the rite; distant suggestion of ghats and temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandakānana (Kāśī)
• Homa
• Āhuti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s Ānandakānana is portrayed as a supreme ritual-field where limited acts, done rightly, yield vast results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana, the sacred ‘Bliss-forest’ of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing homa with 108 oblations (aṣṭottara-āhuti-śata) in Ānandakānana.