Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

राज्ञ्युवाच । आरामोपहृतं पुष्पमारण्यं पुष्पमेव च । क्रीतं प्रतिग्रहे लब्धं पुष्पमेवं चतुर्विधम्

Transliteration

rājñyuvāca | ārāmopahṛtaṃ puṣpamāraṇyaṃ puṣpameva ca | krītaṃ pratigrahe labdhaṃ puṣpamevaṃ caturvidham

Translation

La Reine dit : « Les fleurs sont de quatre sortes : celles apportées du jardin, celles de la forêt, celles achetées, et celles obtenues en acceptant un don. »

Word by Word

• rājñī: the queen
• rājñī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājñī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद (parasmaipada)

• ārāma-upahṛtam: brought from a garden
• ārāma-upahṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārāma (प्रातिपदिक) + upahṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• puṣpam: flower
• puṣpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• āraṇyam: forest-born, from the wilderness
• āraṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• puṣpam: flower
• puṣpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• krītam: bought
• krītam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krī (धातु) → krīta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• pratigrahe: in/through acceptance (as a gift)
• pratigrahe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• labdham: obtained
• labdham: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: labh (धातु) → labdha (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• puṣpam: flower
• puṣpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• evam: thus
• evam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this way)

• catur-vidham: fourfold
• catur-vidham: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्या) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Rājñī (the Queen)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A queen respectfully questions the priest, enumerating four types of flowers for worship—garden-brought, forest, purchased, and gift-received—while attendants hold baskets of blossoms.

Characters & Entities

• Rājñī (Queen)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity includes discernment about the source of offerings; the intention and provenance of flowers matter in pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse occurs in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting associated with the Narmadā region, without naming a specific tirtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical categorization for pūjā: flowers may be garden-sourced, forest-sourced, purchased, or received as gifts—setting up guidance on their relative merit.