Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुपुष्प कृत्रिमोद्यानाः ससदाफलपादपाः । सपद्मिनीककासारा यत्र राजंति भूमयः

Transliteration

supuṣpa kṛtrimodyānāḥ sasadāphalapādapāḥ | sapadminīkakāsārā yatra rājaṃti bhūmayaḥ

Translation

Dort werden die Lande erglänzen durch wohlbeblümte, kunstvoll angelegte Gärten, durch Bäume, die zu jeder Jahreszeit Früchte tragen, und durch Lotosteiche und Wasserbecken.

Word by Word

• सुपुष्पाः: having fine flowers
• सुपुष्पाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• कृत्रिमोद्यानाः: artificial gardens
• कृत्रिमोद्यानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्रिम (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• ससदाफलपादपाः: trees bearing fruit always (with ever-fruitful trees)
• ससदाफलपादपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपपद) + सदा (अव्यय) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + पादप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सपद्मिनीककासाराः: (lands) with lotus-ponds and lakes
• सपद्मिनीककासाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपपद) + पद्मिनीका (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रातिपदिक) + आसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• राजन्ति: shine
• राजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada)

• भूमयः: lands/grounds
• भूमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing speech, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An idyllic sacred landscape: manicured gardens in bloom, fruit-laden trees across seasons, lotus ponds with steps, pilgrims resting in shade, temples peeking beyond greenery.

Characters & Entities

• Padminī (lotus-ponds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit manifests as harmony between society and nature—beauty, water-resources, and fertility are signs of dharmic flourishing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse continues the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative fruit describing an ideal, prosperous region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive.