Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तमालतालहिंतालचंपकाशोकसंतते । हंसकोकिलदात्यूहचक्रवाकादिशोभिते

Transliteration

tamālatālahiṃtālacaṃpakāśokasaṃtate | haṃsakokiladātyūhacakravākādiśobhite

Translation

അത് തമാലം, താളം, ഹിന്താളം, ചമ്പകം, അശോകം എന്നീ വൃക്ഷസന്തതിയാൽ വ്യാപിച്ചും, ഹംസം, കോകിലം, ദാത്യൂഹം, ചക്രവാകം മുതലായ പക്ഷികളാൽ ശോഭിതവുമാണ്।

Word by Word

• तमाल: tamāla trees
• तमाल: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• ताल: palm trees
• ताल: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• हिंताल: hiṃtāla palms
• हिंताल: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• चम्पक: campaka trees
• चम्पक: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• अशोक: aśoka trees
• अशोक: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• संतते: in (a place) spread with
• संतते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + तन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular); समासः: तमाल-ताल-हिंताल-चम्पक-अशोक-संतते (तत्पुरुष; तैः संतते = spread/extended with them)

• हंस: swans
• हंस: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• कोकिल: cuckoos
• कोकिल: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common), प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• दात्यूह: dātyūha birds
• दात्यूह: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दात्यूह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• चक्रवाक: cakravāka birds
• चक्रवाक: Karta (Agent within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रवाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• आदि: and the like
• आदि: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; ‘and others’)

• शोभिते: in (a place) adorned with
• शोभिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular); समासः: हंस-कोकिल-दात्यूह-चक्रवाक-आदि-शोभिते (तत्पुरुष; तैः शोभिते = adorned by them)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kshetra (grove environs)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense, fragrant grove of tamāla and palms with campaka and aśoka in bloom; swans glide on nearby waters while cuckoos and waterfowl fill the air with layered birdsong.

Characters & Entities

• tamāla
• tāla
• hiṃtāla
• campaka
• aśoka
• haṃsa
• kokila
• dātyūha
• cakravāka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place is recognized by auspicious flora and fauna that mirror inner purity and devotional harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra (Setu/Rāmeśvaram region), portrayed as a divinely ornamented environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it provides the auspicious setting for later descriptions of worship and discipline.