Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पर्वतेषु सुरम्येषु नदीनां पुलिनेषु च । उद्यानेषु विचित्रेषु वनेषूपवनेषु च

Transliteration

parvateṣu suramyeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca | udyāneṣu vicitreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca

Translation

Sur des montagnes ravissantes, sur les grèves sablonneuses des rivières, dans des jardins délicieux et variés, et dans les forêts et les bosquets—

Word by Word

• पर्वतेषु: on/in the mountains
• पर्वतेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुरम्येषु: very beautiful
• सुरम्येषु: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• नदीनाम्: of rivers
• नदीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• पुलिनेषु: on the sandbanks
• पुलिनेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उद्यानेषु: in gardens
• उद्यानेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• विचित्रेषु: variegated/wondrous
• विचित्रेषु: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• उपवनेषु: in groves
• उपवनेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the account of the couple’s life)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīrghikā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-woman’s life-journey suggested through a montage of sacred terrains: verdant mountains, bright sandy riverbanks, flowering gardens, deep forests and groves—each rendered as a tīrtha-scape.

Characters & Entities

• Parvata (mountains)
• Nadī (rivers)
• Udyāna (gardens)
• Vana/Upavana (forests/groves)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred narratives weave dharma into lived experience across nature-filled landscapes, presenting the world as a stage for righteous enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is descriptive rather than naming a single site; it sits within the Dīrghikā Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a scenic narrative description.