शालतालतमालाली हिंताली लकुचावृतम् । लसत्सप्तच्छदामोदं खर्जूरीराजिराजितम् । नारिकेल तरुच्छन्न नारंगीरागरंजितम्
śālatālatamālālī hiṃtālī lakucāvṛtam | lasatsaptacchadāmodaṃ kharjūrīrājirājitam | nārikela tarucchanna nāraṃgīrāgaraṃjitam
Il était ceint de rangées de śāla, de tāla et de tamāla, avec hiṃtāla et lakuca; embaumé par le saptacchada en fleur; orné d’alignements de palmiers-dattiers; ombragé de cocotiers et encore rehaussé par la rouge lueur des orangeraies.
Skanda
Scene: A vast enclosure of mixed trees—tall śāla and palms, dark tamāla, hiṃtāla and lakuca—perfumed by saptacchada blossoms; rows of date-palms; coconut shade overhead; orange groves glowing red, creating layered bands of green and gold-red.
Kāśī’s sanctity is mirrored in abundance and auspicious flora, suggesting that dharma and devotion make a land fertile in both beauty and merit.
The verse continues the glorification of a divine grove within Kāśī’s sacred region (Kāśī-khaṇḍa).
None in this verse; it is a descriptive segment supporting the māhātmya narrative.