Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

प्रसूनप्रकरानम्र माधवीवनमंडपे । प्रवालकुसुमोद्द्योतचूतशाखिभिरञ्चिते

Transliteration

prasūnaprakarānamra mādhavīvanamaṃḍape | pravālakusumoddyotacūtaśākhibhirañcite

Translation

In einem Pavillon inmitten eines Hains von Mādhavī‑Ranken—deren Zweige sich unter Blütenbüscheln neigten und von Mangozweigen geschmückt waren, die im korallenroten Flor erglänzten—strahlte die Szenerie festlich und lichtvoll.

Word by Word

• प्रसूनप्रकरानम्रे: in/at (a place) bent with clusters of flowers
• प्रसूनप्रकरानम्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसून-प्रकर-अनम्र (प्रातिपदिक; प्रसून=flower, प्रकर=cluster/abundance, अनम्र=bent)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमीविभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative describing place)

• माधवीवनमण्डपे: in the pavilion of the Mādhavī-grove
• माधवीवनमण्डपे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधवी-वन-मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक; माधवी=creeper, वन=grove, मण्डप=pavilion)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमीविभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• प्रवालकुसुमोद्द्योतचूतशाखिभिः: by mango-branches bright with coral-red blossoms
• प्रवालकुसुमोद्द्योतचूतशाखिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवाल-कुसुम-उद्द्योत-चूत-शाखि (प्रातिपदिक; प्रवाल=coral-red, कुसुम=flower, उद्द्योत=brightness, चूत=mango, शाखि=branch-bearing/tree)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्; करणत्वे (instrumental)

• अञ्चिते: adorned
• अञ्चिते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्च् (धातु) → अञ्चित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमीविभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (adorned)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flower-laden pavilion under Mādhavī creepers; bowed branches heavy with blossoms; mango boughs lit with coral-red flowers, creating a festive radiance.

Characters & Entities

• narrator
• king (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It sets a dharmic contrast: worldly beauty and pleasure are transient, soon giving way to a test of protection and righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as scenic narrative framing rather than a site-glorification passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this shloka; it is descriptive (prakṛti-varṇana) and prepares the story context.