Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वं परित्यज्य कृत्वा मनसि निश्चयम् । आनंदकाननं याहि यत्र विश्वेश्वरः स्वयम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā manasi niścayam | ānaṃdakānanaṃ yāhi yatra viśveśvaraḥ svayam

Translation

于是舍弃一切，于心中立下坚固誓愿，前往阿难陀迦那那（Ānandakānana）——彼处即是毗湿毗湿伐罗（Viśveśvara）亲临之地。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय; तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त-क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter/from that)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज्) with pari- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्ययकृदन्त; 'having abandoned'

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्ययकृदन्त; 'having done/made'

• manasi: in the mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• niścayam: a resolve / determination
• niścayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• ānaṃda-kānanam: the forest of bliss (Ānandakānana)
• ānaṃda-kānanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आनन्दस्य काननम्)

• yāhi: go
• yāhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yatra: where
• yatra: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• viśveśvaraḥ: Lord of the universe (Viśveśvara)
• viśveśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वस्य ईश्वरः)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक-निपात (emphatic: oneself)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed seeker who fears sin and seeks effective sādhana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim leaves behind worldly bundles at the edge of the sacred grove and walks toward a radiant Viśveśvara shrine amid flowering trees; the grove itself seems luminous, embodying ‘ānanda’.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandakānana
• Viśveśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification is joined to decisive inner resolve and turning toward Kāśī’s living presence of Viśveśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), associated with Viśveśvara (Śiva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction is given: go to Ānandakānana with firm resolve (external journey aligned with inner renunciation).