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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

विश्वेशो मुक्तिदो नित्यं मुक्त्यै चोत्तरवाहिनी । आनंदकानने मुक्तिर्मुक्तिर्नान्यत्र कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

viśveśo muktido nityaṃ muktyai cottaravāhinī | ānaṃdakānane muktirmuktirnānyatra kutracit

Translation

众生之主（Visvesvara）常赐解脱，北流的恒河亦是为了解脱。唯有在阿南达卡纳纳（Anandakanana，极乐之林），才可得解脱——别处绝无解脱。

Word by Word
विश्वेशःViśveśa (Lord of the universe)
विश्वेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्व + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य ईशः) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
मुक्तिदःgiver of liberation
मुक्तिदः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्ति + द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मुक्तिं ददाति इति) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत्; नित्य-भाव (adverbial: always)
मुक्त्यैfor liberation
मुक्त्यै:
Sampradāna (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन (Feminine, Dative, Singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
उत्तरवाहिनीthe north-flowing (river, i.e., Gaṅgā)
उत्तरवाहिनी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्तर + वाहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (उत्तरं वहति इति) (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)
आनंदकाननेin the forest of bliss (Ānandakānana)
आनंदकानने:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआनन्द + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (आनन्दस्य काननम्) (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
मुक्तिःliberation
मुक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)
मुक्तिःliberation
मुक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (repetition for emphasis)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negative particle)
अन्यत्रelsewhere
अन्यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere)
कुत्रचित्anywhere (at all)
कुत्रचित्:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
Formअनिश्चित-प्रश्नार्थक/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: anywhere)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana (within Kāśī/Avimukta) and Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśveśvara’s shrine radiates above the ghāṭs; Gaṅgā curves in a northward bend; Ānandakānana appears as a lush sacred grove with lamps and devotees—liberation depicted as a beam of light descending upon the pilgrim within this triad.

Characters & Entities
V
Viśveśa (Śiva)
U
Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā
Ā
Ānandakānana
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

Liberation is especially tied to Kāśī through Viśveśa and the sacred Gaṅgā; Ānandakānana is celebrated as the unique mokṣa-seat.

Ānandakānana in Kāśī, along with Viśveśvara and the uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā.

No explicit ritual; the verse identifies the liberating agencies—Viśveśa and the Gaṅgā in Kāśī.

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