Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

स शृण्वन्प्रीतिजनकान्वन्यान्मदकलाञ्छुभान् । श्रोत्ररम्यान्सुमधुराञ्छब्दान्खगसुखेरितान्

Transliteration

sa śṛṇvanprītijanakānvanyānmadakalāñchubhān | śrotraramyānsumadhurāñchabdānkhagasukheritān

Translation

ಅವನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವನದ ಶುಭಕರ, ಪ್ರೀತಿಜನಕ ಮಧುರ ಕಲರವಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು—ಕಿವಿಗೆ ರಮ್ಯವಾದ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸಿಹಿಯಾದ ಆ ಧ್ವನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳು ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು।

Word by Word

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

• śṛṇvan: hearing
• śṛṇvan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (saḥ)

• prīti-janakān: producing joy
• prīti-janakān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + janaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रीतिं जनयन्ति ये)

• vanyān: wild, of the forest
• vanyān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (śabdān)

• mada-kalān: with intoxicated/amorous notes
• mada-kalān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mada (प्रातिपदिक) + kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मदस्य कलाः = intoxication’s soft notes; i.e., amorous/inebriated tones)

• śubhān: beautiful, auspicious
• śubhān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (śabdān)

• śrotra-ramyān: pleasing to the ear
• śrotra-ramyān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrotra (प्रातिपदिक) + ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रोत्रस्य रम्याः)

• su-madhurān: very sweet
• su-madhurān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्गवत्) + madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अतिशयेन मधुराः)

• śabdān: sounds
• śabdān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• khaga-sukha-īritān: uttered pleasantly by birds
• khaga-sukha-īritān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khaga (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + īrita (कृदन्त, √īr ईर् ‘to utter/impel’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (खगैः सुखेन ईरिताः = uttered pleasantly by birds)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler pauses in a flowering forest, head slightly inclined, listening to sweet bird-calls echoing across lotus ponds; the air feels auspicious and gentle.

Characters & Entities

• Birds (khaga)
• Forest soundscape

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Delight in pure, sattvic surroundings is portrayed as naturally uplifting—sacred places soothe the senses and incline the mind toward auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified forest/grove setting within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (Raivata Udyāna context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.