Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नवपल्लवभङ्गीभिः कुसुमस्तबकैः शुभैः । फलैरमृतकल्पैश्च मंजरी राजिभिस्तथा

Transliteration

navapallavabhaṅgībhiḥ kusumastabakaiḥ śubhaiḥ | phalairamṛtakalpaiśca maṃjarī rājibhistathā

Translation

新たな若芽のしなやかな姿、瑞祥の花房、甘露（アムリタ）のごとき果実、そして花穂の列によって、そこはまばゆく輝いた。

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.