Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
आनन्दिता भवेयुस्ते यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम् । सन्ततेर्वै न विच्छेदः सप्तजन्मसु जायते । आनन्दो हि भवत्तेषां प्रतिजन्मनि भारत
ānanditā bhaveyuste yāvadābhūtasamplavam | santatervai na vicchedaḥ saptajanmasu jāyate | ānando hi bhavatteṣāṃ pratijanmani bhārata
وہ مخلوقات کے پرلَے (فنا) تک شادمان رہتے ہیں۔ بے شک سات جنموں تک اُن کی نسل میں کوئی انقطاع نہیں ہوتا؛ اور اے بھارت، ہر جنم میں اُنہیں خوشی نصیب ہوتی ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)
Tirtha: Ānandeśvara (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata/Rājendra addressee
Scene: A visionary tableau: satisfied ancestors radiant and smiling, receiving offerings; below, a family line depicted as an unbroken lamp-flame across seven births, with the tīrtha/Śiva shrine in the background.
FAQs
Tīrtha-dharma bears long-reaching results—inner joy and familial continuity extending across multiple births.
The promised fruits follow from observances connected with Ānandeśvara-tīrtha.
This verse chiefly states the fruits (phala) of the prior worship, gifts, and śrāddha at the tīrtha.