Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

सरलैः पनसैर्वृक्षैस्तिंदुकैः करवीरकैः । मंदारैः पारिजातैश्च मलयैश्चंदनैस्तथा

Transliteration

saralaiḥ panasairvṛkṣaistiṃdukaiḥ karavīrakaiḥ | maṃdāraiḥ pārijātaiśca malayaiścaṃdanaistathā

Translation

وكان ذلك الجبل مُزَيَّنًا بأشجار السَّرَلا الشبيهة بالصنوبر، وبأشجار الجاك فروت، وبأشجار التِّمدوكا، وبشجيرات الكَرَفيرا؛ وكذلك بأزهار المندارا والبارِجاتا السماوية، وبخشب صندل مالايا العَطِر.

Word by Word

• सरलैः: with pine/deodar trees (sarala)
• सरलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पनसैः: with jackfruit trees
• पनसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पनस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वृक्षैः: with trees
• वृक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तिन्दुकैः: with tinduka trees
• तिन्दुकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिन्दुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• करवीरकैः: with oleander (karavīraka)
• करवीरकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करवीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मन्दारैः: with mandāra trees
• मन्दारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पारिजातैः: with pārijāta trees
• पारिजातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिजात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (and)

• मलयैः: with malaya (mountain/trees)
• मलयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चन्दनैः: with sandalwood (trees)
• चन्दनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चय-बोधक (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Arbuda Khaṇḍa, presented as a descriptive narration of Arbuda’s glory)

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda-parvata
• Mandāra
• Pārijāta
• Malaya-candana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is reflected in its divinely ordered ecology—its beauty and fragrance signify accumulated puṇya and a dharmic landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Arbuda (Arbuda-parvata), praised in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a māhātmya-style description of the sacred environment.