Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पर्वतेषु सुरम्येषु नदीनां पुलिनेषु च । उद्यानेषु विचित्रेषु वनेषूपवनेषु च

Transliteration

parvateṣu suramyeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca | udyāneṣu vicitreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca

Translation

സുന്ദരമായ പർവതങ്ങളിൽ, നദികളുടെ മണൽത്തീരങ്ങളിൽ, വിചിത്രവും മനോഹരവുമായ ഉദ്യാനങ്ങളിൽ, കൂടാതെ വനങ്ങളിലും ഉപവനങ്ങളിലും।

Word by Word

• पर्वतेषु: on/in the mountains
• पर्वतेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुरम्येषु: very beautiful
• सुरम्येषु: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• नदीनाम्: of rivers
• नदीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• पुलिनेषु: on the sandbanks
• पुलिनेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उद्यानेषु: in gardens
• उद्यानेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• विचित्रेषु: variegated/wondrous
• विचित्रेषु: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• उपवनेषु: in groves
• उपवनेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the account of the couple’s life)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīrghikā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-woman’s life-journey suggested through a montage of sacred terrains: verdant mountains, bright sandy riverbanks, flowering gardens, deep forests and groves—each rendered as a tīrtha-scape.

Characters & Entities

• Parvata (mountains)
• Nadī (rivers)
• Udyāna (gardens)
• Vana/Upavana (forests/groves)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred narratives weave dharma into lived experience across nature-filled landscapes, presenting the world as a stage for righteous enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is descriptive rather than naming a single site; it sits within the Dīrghikā Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a scenic narrative description.