Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

नित्यं पालाशजम्बीरैः करंजखदिरैस्तथा । पाटलैर्बदरैर्युक्तैः शमीतिन्दुकशोभितम्

Transliteration

nityaṃ pālāśajambīraiḥ karaṃjakhadiraistathā | pāṭalairbadarairyuktaiḥ śamītindukaśobhitam

Translation

Il était sans cesse orné de palāśa et de jambīra, ainsi que de karañja et de khadira; accompagné de pāṭala et de badara, et embelli par śamī et tinduka.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: always/constantly)

• पालाशजम्बीरैः: with palāśa and jambīra (trees)
• पालाशजम्बीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालाश (प्रातिपदिक) + जम्बीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्वः (पालाशाश्च जम्बीराश्च)

• करंजखदिरैः: with karañja and khadira (trees)
• करंजखदिरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करंज (प्रातिपदिक) + खदिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्वः (करंजाश्च खदिराश्च)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक-अव्ययम् (also; likewise)

• पाटलैः: with pāṭala (trees)
• पाटलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्

• बदरैः: with badara (jujube) trees
• बदरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्

• युक्तैः: together with; accompanied by
• युक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; (पूर्वोक्तैः वृक्षैः) सह—'युक्तैः' (joined/associated with)

• शमीतिन्दुकशोभितम्: adorned with śamī and tinduka trees
• शमीतिन्दुकशोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शमी (प्रातिपदिक) + तिन्दुक (प्रातिपदिक) + शोभित (प्रातिपदिक; √शुभ्/शोभ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; (वनम्/स्थानम्) विशेषणम्; 'शमी-तिन्दुकैः शोभितम्' (adorned with śamī and tinduka trees)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Skanda Purāṇa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmantavana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil botanical tableau: palāśa with orange-red blossoms, śamī and tinduka, khadira and karañja, pāṭala blooms, badara thickets—layered like a sacred garden within wild forest.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmantavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of place is expressed through its natural abundance—Purāṇas treat ecology and sacredness as intertwined signs of divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmantavana’s sacred landscape is being detailed; it functions as a tīrtha-environment within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive, supporting the mahātmya-style glorification of the locale.