Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

न स वृक्षो न सा वल्ली नौषधी सा धरातले । न तत्र याऽसुरज्येष्ठ पर्वते वीक्षिता मया

Transliteration

na sa vṛkṣo na sā vallī nauṣadhī sā dharātale | na tatra yā'surajyeṣṭha parvate vīkṣitā mayā

Translation

おお、アスラの中の最勝者よ。この地上にある樹も蔓も薬草も、あの山において我が見なかったものは一つもなかった。

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• saḥ: that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vṛkṣaḥ: tree
• vṛkṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: nor/not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• sā: that (she/that one)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vallī: creeper, vine
• vallī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vallī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: nor/not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• auṣadhī: herb, medicinal plant
• auṣadhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: auṣadhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sā: that (one)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dharā-tale: on the surface of the earth
• dharā-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धरायाः तलम्)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• yā: which (she/that which)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• asura-jyeṣṭha: O chief of the Asuras
• asura-jyeṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक) + jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (असुराणां ज्येष्ठः)

• parvate: on the mountain
• parvate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vīkṣitā: seen
• vīkṣitā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग) ; vīkṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘दृष्टा’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing an Asura leader (deduced from vocative ‘asurajyeṣṭha’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Asura-jyeṣṭha (foremost of Asuras)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping panoramic view of Arbuda where every ecological niche appears—trees, creepers, and medicinal herbs carpeting the slopes—conveying encyclopedic botanical richness; a speaker addressing an asura-chief is implied.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda-parvata
• Asurajyeṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A mahā-tīrtha is portrayed as complete and unsurpassed—nothing auspicious in the world is missing from it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Arbuda, presented as containing every auspicious plant and herb.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.