Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तालं तमालं भल्लातं तिंतिणीखंडमेव वा । बकुलं कदलीखंडं कदंबः खदिरोऽपि वा

Transliteration

tālaṃ tamālaṃ bhallātaṃ tiṃtiṇīkhaṃḍameva vā | bakulaṃ kadalīkhaṃḍaṃ kadaṃbaḥ khadiro'pi vā

Translation

نخلةٌ (تالا)، أو شجرةُ تَمَالَا، أو بَهَلّاطا، أو حتى غَيْضةٌ من تِمْتِني؛ وبَكولا، أو خُصْلةُ موز، أو كَدَمْبا، أو حتى خَدِيرا—فإذا وُجدت هذه الأشجار في نطاق المسكن عُدَّت من تلك العلامات.

Word by Word

• तालम्: tāla (palm tree)
• तालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तमालम्: tamāla (tree)
• तमालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भल्लातम्: bhallāta (marking-nut tree)
• भल्लातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्लात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तिंतिणीखण्डम्: a tiṃtiṇī-clump/section
• तिंतिणीखण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिंतिणी + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तिंतिण्याः खण्डम् (a piece/cluster of tiṃtiṇī)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (just/indeed)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• बकुलम्: bakula (tree)
• बकुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कदलीखण्डम्: a banana clump/grove
• कदलीखण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदली + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कदल्याः खण्डम् (a banana-grove/clump)

• कदंबः: kadamba (tree)
• कदंबः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदंब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• खदिरः: khadira (acacia)
• खदिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खदिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

Speaker

Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Prabhāsa household courtyard with multiple sacred/auspicious trees and groves—palm, tamāla, bhallāta, tiṁtiṇī, bakula, banana clump, kadamba, khadira—arranged as signs of prosperity and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Tāla
• Tamāla
• Bhallāta
• Tiṁtiṇī
• Bakula
• Kadalī
• Kadamba
• Khadira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text continues a traditional catalog of signs, using the home’s environment as a mirror of spiritual order or disorder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse; it is part of an omen-listing sequence.