Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सर्वर्तुकुसुमान्वृक्षान्सुच्छायस्निग्धपल्लवान् । सफलान्सुलताश्लिष्टान्दृष्ट्वा प्रीतिमगान्मुनिः

Transliteration

sarvartukusumānvṛkṣānsucchāyasnigdhapallavān | saphalānsulatāśliṣṭāndṛṣṭvā prītimagānmuniḥ

Translation

എല്ലാ ഋതുക്കളിലും പുഷ്പിക്കുന്ന വൃക്ഷങ്ങളെ—സുന്ദര നിഴലോടെയും മിനുക്കമുള്ള কোমള പല്ലവങ്ങളോടെയും, ഫലഭാരത്തോടെ സമ്പന്നവും ഉത്തമ ലതകളാൽ ആലിംഗിതവുമായ—കണ്ട് മുനി പരമ പ്രീതിയിൽ മുങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• सर्व-ऋतु-कुसुमान्: flowering in all seasons
• सर्व-ऋतु-कुसुमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (agreeing with वृक्षान्); तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषु ऋतुषु कुसुमानि येषाम्)

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सु-च्छाय-स्निग्ध-पल्लवान्: with very shady, glossy tender leaves
• सु-च्छाय-स्निग्ध-पल्लवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + छाया (प्रातिपदिक) + स्निग्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पल्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/बहुपद-समास (सुच्छाया च स्निग्धाः पल्लवाः येषाम्)

• स-फलान्: with fruits
• स-फलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सह-उपपद (sa- = 'with')

• सु-लता-आश्लिष्टान्: well-entwined by creepers
• सु-लता-आश्लिष्टान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + लता (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्लिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (लताभिः आश्लिष्टान् = embraced/entwined by creepers)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) (having seen)

• प्रीतिम्: joy, delight
• प्रीतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अगात्: attained, came to
• अगात्: Kriya (Main predicate/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (he went/attained)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous forest where trees blossom in every season, offering deep shade, glossy tender shoots, abundant fruits, and creepers entwining trunks—Durvāsā’s face softened by joy.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā (implied by context)
• Ānandakānana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true kṣetra manifests divine harmony: nature itself becomes auspicious and joy-giving where Śiva’s presence sanctifies the land.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana—the sacred grove of Kāśī—shown through its miraculous, ever-seasonal bloom.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse supports tīrtha-darśana as a contemplative practice—seeing the sanctified landscape as a form of devotion.