Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नवपल्लवभङ्गीभिः कुसुमस्तबकैः शुभैः । फलैरमृतकल्पैश्च मंजरी राजिभिस्तथा

Transliteration

navapallavabhaṅgībhiḥ kusumastabakaiḥ śubhaiḥ | phalairamṛtakalpaiśca maṃjarī rājibhistathā

Translation

Par les gracieuses formes des jeunes pousses, par d’heureux bouquets de fleurs, par des fruits pareils au nectar, et par des rangées de grappes florales, il brillait d’un éclat splendide.

Word by Word

• नवपल्लवभङ्गीभिः: with the graceful forms of new shoots
• नवपल्लवभङ्गीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + पल्लव (प्रातिपदिक) + भङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः): नव-पल्लवस्य भङ्गी; स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• कुसुमस्तबकैः: with clusters of flowers
• कुसुमस्तबकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तबक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः: कुसुमानां स्तबकाः; पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• शुभैः: beautiful, auspicious
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (स्तबकैः इत्यस्य)

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• अमृतकल्पैः: nectar-like
• अमृतकल्पैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः: अमृतवत् कल्पः; पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (फलैः इत्यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• मञ्जरी: a blossom-spray, cluster (of buds/flowers)
• मञ्जरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मञ्जरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• राजिभिः: with rows/lines, streaks
• राजिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारार्थक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: 'likewise/also')

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (not explicitly named in the provided excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred grove in Dvārakā: tender new shoots, auspicious flower clusters, nectar-like fruits, and layered rows of blossoming sprays, all shimmering as if divinely tended.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛta (as simile)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is portrayed as abundance and purity: the sacred place becomes ‘nectar-like’ in its offerings and atmosphere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s surrounding sacred landscape is being exalted through the imagery of a divine forest/garden.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the focus is on glorification through auspicious description.