Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

गन्धवंति च पुष्पाणि रसवंति फलानि च । आस्कन्धफलिनो वृक्षाः पुटके पुटके मधु

Transliteration

gandhavaṃti ca puṣpāṇi rasavaṃti phalāni ca | āskandhaphalino vṛkṣāḥ puṭake puṭake madhu

Translation

Die Blumen dufteten, und die Früchte waren voller Geschmack. Die Bäume trugen Früchte bis hin zum Stamm, und in jeder Höhlung und jedem Spalt war Honig.

Word by Word

• गन्धवन्ति: fragrant
• गन्धवन्ति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्धवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पुष्पाणि-विशेषण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• रसवन्ति: juicy, full of taste
• रसवन्ति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (फलानि-विशेषण)

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आस्कन्धफलिनः: fruit-laden up to the trunk
• आस्कन्धफलिनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + स्कन्ध + फलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘आस्कन्धे फलानि सन्ति येषाम्’ = bearing fruit up to the trunk/branches

• वृक्षाः: trees
• वृक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पुटके: in each hollow/cavity
• पुटके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication)

• पुटके: in every hollow
• पुटके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luxuriant grove: intensely fragrant blossoms, ripe fruits gleaming with juice; trees laden from trunk to branch; honey glistening in every hollow; bees hovering in calm abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Bali (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text links righteous order with natural plenitude, presenting abundance as a sign of harmony between rule, people, and the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, using ideal landscape imagery to heighten the kṣetra’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive, not prescriptive.