Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

रसालयं रसालैस्तैरशोकैः शोकहारिणाम् । तालैस्तमालेर्हिंतालैः सालैः सर्वत्रशालितम्

Transliteration

rasālayaṃ rasālaistairaśokaiḥ śokahāriṇām | tālaistamālerhiṃtālaiḥ sālaiḥ sarvatraśālitam

Translation

C’était un verger de manguiers, rempli de manguiers et d’aśoka qui chassent le chagrin ; partout il était orné de palmiers, de tamāla, de hiṃtāla et de śāla.

Word by Word

• रसालयम्: mango-grove / abode of mangoes
• रसालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रसालैः: with mango trees
• रसालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karana-anvaya (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (अशोकैः)

• अशोकैः: with aśoka trees
• अशोकैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शोकहारिणाम्: of (those) that remove sorrow
• शोकहारिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शोकं हरन्ति ये); विशेषणम् (अशोकानाम्)

• तालैः: with palmyra trees
• तालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तमालैः: with tamāla trees
• तमालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हिंतालैः: with hiṃtāla trees
• हिंतालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सालैः: with sāla trees
• सालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Desha-adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• शालितम्: filled/abounding (with)
• शालितम्: Karma-anvaya (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शालित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √शाल्/शालि-भाव)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle-like adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (रसालयम्) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense, fragrant grove: mango clusters, aśoka blossoms, tall palms, dark tamāla trees, hiṃtāla and śāla; dappled light on a forest path where Nārada passes or pauses in contemplation.

Characters & Entities

• Aśoka tree
• Mango (rasāla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy regions are portrayed as naturally auspicious; even the grove’s flora symbolizes sorrow-removal and благоприятность.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred woodland tract within the Revā–Vindhya pilgrimage landscape described in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative lead-in.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive evocation of the sanctity of place through its grove.