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

It was adorned with auspicious plants—water-lilies and hundred-petalled lotuses—beautiful in blossom and fruit; and with mango, rose-apple, wood-apple, pomegranate, and jackfruit trees as well.

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.