Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तेसुण्डकाः शिरीषाश्च खर्जूरीकरवंदिकाः । सेवाली शाल्मली शाला मधूकाश्च विभीतकाः

Transliteration

tesuṇḍakāḥ śirīṣāśca kharjūrīkaravaṃdikāḥ | sevālī śālmalī śālā madhūkāśca vibhītakāḥ

Translation

On y voyait des arbres tesuṇḍaka et śirīṣa, des palmiers-dattiers (kharjūrī) et des karavaṃdika; des sevālī, des śālmalī et des śāla, avec les madhūka et les vibhītaka—formant un bosquet sacré qui pare Vastrāpatha-kṣetra.

Word by Word

• तेसुण्डकाः: tesuṇḍaka trees
• तेसुण्डकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेसुण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शिरीषाः: śirīṣa trees
• शिरीषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• खर्जूरीकरवंदिकाः: date-palms and karavandikā (plants)
• खर्जूरीकरवंदिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खर्जूरी + करवंदिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (जातिवाचक), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (खर्जूरी-करवंदिकाः)

• सेवाली: sevālī (a plant)
• सेवाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेवाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शाल्मली: śālmalī (silk-cotton tree)
• शाल्मली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्मली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शाला: śālā (sal tree / a tree named śālā)
• शाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मधूकाः: madhūka trees
• मधूकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• विभीतकाः: vibhītaka trees (beleric)
• विभीतकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A thickly wooded sacred tract: śirīṣa with feathery blossoms, date palms rising above, śāla trunks, śālmalī with cottony pods, madhūka flowers, and vibhītaka fruits; pilgrims perceive the grove as an ornament of the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s holiness is expressed through its living sacred landscape—its trees and groves are part of the kṣetra’s divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style description of the sacred environment.