Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

हरीतक्यः कटाहाश्च कर्यष्टा आटरूषकाः । विकच्छवः कपित्थाश्च रोहिणीवेत्रकद्रुमाः

Transliteration

harītakyaḥ kaṭāhāśca karyaṣṭā āṭarūṣakāḥ | vikacchavaḥ kapitthāśca rohiṇīvetrakadrumāḥ

Translation

Dort gab es Harītakī- und Kaṭāha-Bäume, Karyaṣṭā und Āṭarūṣaka-Pflanzen; Vikacchava und Kapittha-Bäume sowie Rohiṇī zusammen mit Vetraka—sie breiteten die glückverheißende Schönheit jenes heiligen Landstrichs aus.

Word by Word

• हरीतक्यः: harītakī (myrobalan) trees
• हरीतक्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरीतकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकस्य पुंवद्भावेन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• कटाहाः: kaṭāha (trees/plants)
• कटाहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• कर्यष्टाः: karyaṣṭā (a plant)
• कर्यष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्यष्टा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (जातिवाचक), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• आटरूषकाः: āṭarūṣaka (vasaka) plants
• आटरूषकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आटरूषक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विकच्छवः: vikacchava (a plant/tree)
• विकच्छवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकच्छव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• कपित्थाः: kapittha (wood-apple) trees
• कपित्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपित्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• रोहिणीवेत्रकद्रुमाः: rohiṇī and vetraka trees
• रोहिणीवेत्रकद्रुमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी + वेत्रक + द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (रोहिणी-वेत्रक-द्रुमाः = 'rohiṇī and vetraka trees')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A closer view of the grove’s underlayer: harītakī fruits, āṭarūṣaka shrubs, kapittha trees with round fruits, rohiṇī and vetraka (cane-like) trees forming thickets; the path glows with ‘maṅgala-śobhā’.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only about temples; the kṣetra’s flora is portrayed as a sacred, merit-bearing domain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a descriptive māhātmya passage.