Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 30
Vision of Nandana Grove: The Glory of the Wish-Fulfilling Tree and the Birth of Aśokasundarī
नंदनो वनराजस्तु प्रासादैस्तु सुधान्वितैः । यत्र तत्र प्रभात्येव किन्नराणां महागणैः
naṃdano vanarājastu prāsādaistu sudhānvitaiḥ | yatra tatra prabhātyeva kinnarāṇāṃ mahāgaṇaiḥ
वनों का राजा नन्दन अमृतमय वैभव से युक्त प्रासादों से विभूषित है। वहाँ-वहाँ वह प्रभात में किन्नरों के महान् गणों से युक्त होकर चमक उठता है।
Not explicitly identifiable from the single verse (context needed from surrounding verses; commonly a narrator describing celestial geography).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: vanarājastu → vana-rājaḥ + tu; prāsādaistu → prāsādaiḥ + tu; sudhānvitaiḥ → sudhā-anvitaiḥ.
FAQs
Nandana refers to the famed celestial pleasure-grove associated with Indra’s realm, portrayed here as the “king of forests” filled with splendid mansions.
Kinnaras are celestial beings often depicted as semi-divine musicians and attendants in heavenly realms; the verse describes Nandana as filled with their great hosts.
The verse is descriptive and cosmographical: it emphasizes the radiant, mansion-filled beauty of a celestial forest and its lively presence of divine beings at dawn.