Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

वनफुल्ललताकुञ्जे मञ्जुकूजद्विहंगमे । किन्नरीकेलिसंगीतस्तिमितांगकुरंगके

Transliteration

vanaphullalatākuñje mañjukūjadvihaṃgame | kinnarīkelisaṃgītastimitāṃgakuraṃgake

Translation

In a grove where forest-creepers bloomed, where birds sang sweetly, and where deer stood motionless—stilled by the playful music of the Kinnarīs—she dwelt.

Word by Word

• वनफुल्ललताकुञ्जे: in a grove of forest creepers in bloom
• वनफुल्ललताकुञ्जे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक) + फुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + लता (प्रातिपदिक) + कुञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (वनस्य फुल्ललतानां कुञ्जे)

• मञ्जुकूजद्विहंगमे: (in a place) with sweet-chirping birds
• मञ्जुकूजद्विहंगमे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मञ्जु (प्रातिपदिक) + कूजत् (कृदन्त/शतृ) + विहंगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः: मञ्जु कूजद्भिः विहंगमैः (युक्ते/पूर्णे)

• किन्नरीकेलिसंगीतस्तिमितांगकुरंगके: where little deer stand still, their limbs stilled by the Kinnarī play-songs
• किन्नरीकेलिसंगीतस्तिमितांगकुरंगके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नरी (प्रातिपदिक) + केलि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगीत (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तिमित (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + कुरंगक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः: किन्नरीणां केलिसंगीतैः स्तिमितानि अङ्गानि यस्य (कुरंगकस्य) / अथवा 'स्तिमिताङ्ग' इति कर्मधारय-पूर्वपद

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lush bower of flowering creepers; birds mid-song; Kinnarīs playing vīṇā and singing; deer frozen in rapt attention; Urvaśī seated gracefully amid blossoms, the grove glowing with otherworldly charm.

Characters & Entities

• Kinnarīs (celestial musicians)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred regions are depicted as harmonized with dharma—nature itself becomes serene and devotional in the presence of sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified environs of Raibhya’s āśrama—its grove and natural setting—within the Ayodhyā Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse offers a māhātmya-style glorification through scenic, sacral description.