Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

प्रागानंदवने तत्र शिवयो रममाणयोः । इच्छेत्यभूत्कलशज सृज्यः कोप्यपरः किल

Transliteration

prāgānaṃdavane tatra śivayo ramamāṇayoḥ | icchetyabhūtkalaśaja sṛjyaḥ kopyaparaḥ kila

Translation

Noon, sa Ānandavana, habang nagagalak doon sina Śiva at (Śakti), may isang munting kalooban ang sumibol—O Kalaśaja (Agastya)—na “may iba pang dapat malikha.”

Word by Word

• prāk: formerly / earlier
• prāk: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāk (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/देशवाचक (indeclinable; temporal/spatial adverb)

• ānandavane: in the forest of bliss (Ānandavana)
• ānandavane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānandavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—आनन्दस्य वनम् (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable adverb of place)

• śivayoḥ: of the two Śivas (Śiva and Pārvatī)
• śivayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन (dual)

• ramamāṇayoḥ: while (they) were sporting/delighting
• ramamāṇayoḥ: Visheshana (Qualifying participle/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु) + ramamāṇa (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present participle, शतृ); षष्ठी, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपदी-प्रयोगार्थ (genitive dual agreeing with śivayoḥ)

• icchā: a desire
• icchā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• abhūt: arose / came to be
• abhūt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kalaśaja: Kumbhaja (Agastya), born from a pot
• kalaśaja: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कलशात् जातः (ablative tatpuruṣa)

• sṛjyaḥ: to be created/produced
• sṛjyaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + sṛjya (कृदन्त, यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kaḥ: who? / some (indefinite in context)
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• api: also / even / indeed
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle; enclitic)

• aparaḥ: another
• aparaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kila: it is said / indeed
• kila: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle indicating report/hearsay)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandavana (within Avimukta/Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Kalaśaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the luminous grove of Ānandavana, Śiva and Śakti sit in intimate delight; from their serene play arises a subtle ripple of intention, hinting at a new manifestation to be brought forth, while sages and celestial beings sense the shift in the sacred air.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śakti (implied)
• Ānandavana
• Agastya (Kalaśaja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tīrthas arise from the divine will within Kāśī; the geography is presented as a manifestation of Śiva-Śakti’s līlā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandavana in Kāśī, as the setting for the emergence of the Maṇikarṇikā narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a mythic prelude describing the divine intention behind sacred manifestation.