Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

संप्राप्य तन्महापीठं स्वर्गलोकादिहागतः । आनंदकानने दिव्यं तताप विपुलं तपः

Transliteration

saṃprāpya tanmahāpīṭhaṃ svargalokādihāgataḥ | ānaṃdakānane divyaṃ tatāpa vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

他抵达那伟大的圣座——自天界而来者——在神圣的阿难陀迦那那林中修行广大而天妙的苦行。

Word by Word

• सम्प्राप्य: having reached
• सम्प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय; gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (‘having reached’)

• तन्महापीठम्: that great sacred seat
• तन्महापीठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-महा-पीठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म; समासः (‘तत्’ + ‘महापीठ’)

• स्वर्गलोकात्: from the heavenly world
• स्वर्गलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपा‍दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: ‘from’); समासः (‘स्वर्गस्य लोकः’)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• आगतः: having come
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त; past participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे कर्ता

• आनन्दकानने: in the grove of bliss (Ānandakānana)
• आनन्दकानने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द-कानन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण; समासः (‘आनन्दस्य काननम्’)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• तताप: performed (austerity)/did penance
• तताप: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: abundant/great
• विपुलम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred from Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāpīṭha in Ānandakānana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit in the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine grove—Ānandakānana—filled with flowering trees and shrine silhouettes; the sādhaka, said to have come from Svarga, sits in firm posture performing tapas near the great pīṭha, surrounded by quiet radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāpīṭha
• Svargaloka
• Ānandakānana
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even those of celestial origin seek fulfillment through tapas at Kāśī’s sacred seats—discipline in a holy place magnifies spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana of Kāśī and the associated mahāpīṭha (contextually connected with Pañcamudrā), portrayed as a powerhouse for tapas and siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/penance) undertaken at the mahāpīṭha within Ānandakānana.