Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पद्म कल्हारकुमुदनीलोत्पलवनाकुलैः । तटाकैरपि संपूर्णे तपस्विजनमंडिते

Transliteration

padma kalhārakumudanīlotpalavanākulaiḥ | taṭākairapi saṃpūrṇe tapasvijanamaṃḍite

Translation

ആ വനത്തിൽ പദ്മം, കല്ഹാരം, കുമുദം, നീലോത്പലം എന്നിവയുടെ കാടുപോലെ കനത്ത കൂട്ടങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ തടാകങ്ങൾ ധാരാളമായിരുന്നു; തപസ്വിസമൂഹങ്ങൾ അതിനെ അലങ്കരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पद्म: lotus
• पद्म: Sambandha (Enumerative/समुच्चय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here used as first member in compound-like list

• कल्हारकुमुदनीलोत्पलवनाकुलैः: filled with thickets of kalhāra, kumuda and blue lotuses
• कल्हारकुमुदनीलोत्पलवनाकुलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्हार-कुमुद-नीलोत्पल-वन-आकुल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; विशेषण (तटाकैः); समास-विग्रहः: कल्हारकुमुदनीलोत्पलवनैः आकुलैः

• तटाकैः: with ponds
• तटाकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक-अव्यय; particle (also/even)

• संपूर्णे: in (a place) full/complete
• संपूर्णे: Adhikarana (Qualifier of locus/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; विशेषण (तस्मिन्/वने—अनुवृत्त)

• तपस्विजनमंडिते: adorned with ascetics
• तपस्विजनमंडिते: Adhikarana (Qualifier of locus/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्वि-जन-मण्डित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; विशेषण (तस्मिन्/वने—अनुवृत्त); समास-विग्रहः: तपस्विजनैः मण्डिते

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil pond-scape: multiple taṭākas carpeted with padma, kalhāra, kumuda, and blue nīlotpala; on the banks sit groups of ascetics, making the place radiant with tapas.

Characters & Entities

• ascetics (tapasvijana)
• taṭāka (ponds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred landscapes are marked by pure waters and holy company; association with tapasvins sanctifies a place and the seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A hermitage-forest region with ponds is described; the chapter’s principal tīrtha glorification is Dhanuṣkoṭi (Setu-khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse highlights the sanctity of waters and ascetic presence, commonly associated with tīrtha practice.