Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कल्हारैः शतपत्रैश्च पुष्पितैः फलितैः शुभैः । आम्रजम्बूकपित्थैश्च दाडिमैः पनसैस्तथा

Transliteration

kalhāraiḥ śatapatraiśca puṣpitaiḥ phalitaiḥ śubhaiḥ | āmrajambūkapitthaiśca dāḍimaiḥ panasaistathā

Translation

وكانت مزدانة بنباتات مباركة—كالزهور المائية (كلهارا) ولوتس ذي المئة بتلة—جميلة في إزهارها وإثمارها؛ وفيها أيضًا أشجار المانجو والجامبو والكابِتثا (تفاح الخشب) والرمان والجاك فروت.

Word by Word

• कल्हारैः: with water-lilies (kalhāra)
• कल्हारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शतपत्रैः: with hundred-petalled lotuses
• शतपत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• पुष्पितैः: flowering
• पुष्पितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित (पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + इतच्/क्त, कृदन्त-प्रायः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वृक्षादीनाम्)

• फलितैः: fruit-bearing
• फलितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलित (फल्/फल (धातु/प्रातिपदिक) + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• शुभैः: beautiful, auspicious
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• आम्रजम्बूकपित्थैः: with mango, jambū, and kapittha trees
• आम्रजम्बूकपित्थैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जम्बू (प्रातिपदिक) + कपित्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (mango, jambū, and wood-apple trees)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• दाडिमैः: with pomegranate trees
• दाडिमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाडिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Auspicious Prabhāsa landscape with ponds carpeted by kalhāra and hundred-petalled lotuses; groves of mango, jambū, kapittha, dāḍima, and panasa heavy with fruit; pilgrims and celestial presences implied by the sanctified calm.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s holiness is reflected in its auspicious, life-giving abundance—nature itself becomes a sign of dharma and divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the sacred region of Prabhāsa) is being praised through its lotus-filled waters and fruitful groves.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the verse functions as māhātmya-style description of the sacred environment that supports pilgrimage merit.