Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

आम्रं चामलकं चैव शाल्मलिं वटपिप्पलौ । शमीबिल्वामलीवृक्षं कदलीं पाटलीं तथा

Transliteration

āmraṃ cāmalakaṃ caiva śālmaliṃ vaṭapippalau | śamībilvāmalīvṛkṣaṃ kadalīṃ pāṭalīṃ tathā

Translation

وكذلك شجرةُ المانجو والآمالَكا، وشجرةُ الشَّالمَلي، وشجرتا البانيان والبيبَّلا؛ وشجرُ الشَّمي والبِلفا والآمالي؛ وكذلك الموزُ والپاطَلي.

Word by Word

• आम्रम्: mango tree
• आम्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आमलकम्: āmalaka (Indian gooseberry)
• आमलकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• शाल्मलिम्: śālmali tree (silk-cotton)
• शाल्मलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्मलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वट-पिप्पलौ: banyan and peepal (two trees)
• वट-पिप्पलौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट (प्रातिपदिक) + पिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (वटश्च पिप्पलश्च)

• शमी-बिल्व-अमली-वृक्षम्: the group of śamī, bilva, and amalī trees
• शमी-बिल्व-अमली-वृक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमी (प्रातिपदिक) + बिल्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अमली (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (शमीबिल्वामलीनां वृक्षसमूहः)

• कदलीम्: banana plant
• कदलीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पाटलीम्: pāṭalī tree
• पाटलीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनुक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (also)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing vanaspati list within Revā-khaṇḍa teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sacred-tree tīrtha practice (vaṭa/pippala/bilva etc.) in Revā Khaṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (Queen) or the dialogue’s recipient

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred grove showing mango, āmalaka, śālmali, banyan, pippala, śamī, bilva, banana, and pāṭalī; devotees perform pradakṣiṇā with lamps and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Āmra
• Āmalaka
• Śālmali
• Vaṭa
• Pippala
• Śamī
• Bilva
• Kadalī
• Pāṭalī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames certain trees as especially auspicious, making the natural world a field for devotion and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa context glorifies the sacred environment around the Narmadā; this verse enumerates trees rather than a specific shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of vanaspati-ārādhana: honoring a set of named holy trees/plants.