Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वृक्षैरनेकधा युंक्ते लतागुल्मैः सुशोभितम् । सदा पुण्यप्रदं तच्च सदा फलसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

vṛkṣairanekadhā yuṃkte latāgulmaiḥ suśobhitam | sadā puṇyapradaṃ tacca sadā phalasamanvitam

Translation

Orné de multiples façons par les arbres, embelli de lianes et d’arbustes, ce lieu accorde sans cesse le mérite (puṇya) et demeure toujours riche en fruits.

Word by Word

• वृक्षैः: with trees
• वृक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• अनेकधा: in many ways/variously
• अनेकधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in many ways)

• युङ्क्ते: joins/arranges/provides
• युङ्क्ते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• लतागुल्मैः: with creepers and shrubs
• लतागुल्मैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता + गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (लताश्च गुल्माश्च); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• सुशोभितम्: well-adorned/beautifully decorated
• सुशोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + शोभित (कृदन्त; √शुभ्/शोभ्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (कस्यचित्) विशेषणम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• पुण्यप्रदम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पुण्यं प्रददाति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वयः: तत् (वस्तु/स्थानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• फलसमन्वितम्: endowed with fruits
• फलसमन्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अनु+√इ/√वृ?)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (फलैः समन्वितम् = endowed with fruits); भूतकृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/teacher voice (contextual speaker not explicit in this verse; within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lush sacred grove filled with diverse trees, flowering creepers, and shrubs; fruit-laden branches and a gentle path indicating a pilgrimage forest; subtle aura of sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy kṣetra is recognized not only by ritual power but also by auspicious, life-giving abundance in nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, praised as a perpetually meritorious and fruitful sacred grove.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse describes the auspicious qualities of the kṣetra.