Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णं लतागुल्मोपशोभितम् । नानापुष्पफलो पेतं कदलीखंडमंडितम्

Transliteration

nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ latāgulmopaśobhitam | nānāpuṣpaphalo petaṃ kadalīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam

Translation

അത് നാനാവിധ വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞതും, ലതാ-ഗുല്മങ്ങളാൽ ശോഭിതവും, വിവിധ പുഷ്പഫലങ്ങളാൽ സമൃദ്ധവും, കദളീവനങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതവും ആയിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), विशेषणार्थे (used adjectivally): ‘various’

• वृक्ष: trees
• वृक्ष: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• समाकीर्णम्: crowded/filled
• समाकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √कॄ (किर्) (धातु) → समाकीर्ण (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘filled, crowded’

• लता: creepers
• लता: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• गुल्म: shrubs
• गुल्म: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• उपशोभितम्: adorned
• उपशोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √शुभ् (धातु) → उपशोभित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘adorned/beautified’

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), विशेषणार्थे: ‘various’

• पुष्प: flowers
• पुष्प: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• फल: fruits
• फल: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• उपेतम्: endowed with
• उपेतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √इ (धातु) → उपेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘endowed with, possessed of’

• कदली: banana plants
• कदली: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• खण्ड: sections/clumps
• खण्ड: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• मण्डितम्: decorated
• मण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मण्ड् (धातु) → मण्डित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘decorated’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense sacred forest-garden: many tree species interwoven with creepers and shrubs; heavy clusters of flowers and fruits; prominent plantain groves framing a tranquil path.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (contextual landscape near the tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are depicted as harmonizing nature and spirituality; the flourishing tīrtha-forest mirrors the auspiciousness and purity of the site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred environs near the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha being described (contextually around Śukla-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides a māhātmya-style landscape description to inspire pilgrimage and reverence.