Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दक्षिणानिलसंस्पर्शः कवीनां सुखकृद्बभौ । वियोगिहृदयाकर्षी किंशुकः पुष्पशोभितः

Transliteration

dakṣiṇānilasaṃsparśaḥ kavīnāṃ sukhakṛdbabhau | viyogihṛdayākarṣī kiṃśukaḥ puṣpaśobhitaḥ

Translation

തെക്കൻ കാറ്റിന്റെ സ്പർശം കവികൾക്ക് സുഖകരമായി; പുഷ്പശോഭയാർന്ന കിംശുകം വിരഹികളുടെ ഹൃദയം ആകർഷിക്കുന്നതായി മാറി.

Word by Word

• दक्षिणानिलसंस्पर्शः: the touch of the southern breeze
• दक्षिणानिलसंस्पर्शः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण + अनिल + संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘दक्षिणस्य अनिलस्य संस्पर्शः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बहुपदसमास)

• कवीनाम्: of poets
• कवीनाम्: Sampradana/Relation (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• सुखकृत्: bringing happiness
• सुखकृत्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सुखं करोति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष; कृत्-प्रातिपदिक (agent noun)

• बभौ: appeared/was
• बभौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वियोगिहृदयाकर्षी: drawing the hearts of the separated (lovers)
• वियोगिहृदयाकर्षी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वियोगिन् + हृदय + आकर्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘वियोगिनां हृदयानि आकर्षति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास; आकर्षिन् (णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त)

• किंशुकः: the kiṃśuka tree (palāśa)
• किंशुकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पुष्पशोभितः: adorned with flowers
• पुष्पशोभितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्प + शोभित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त (PPP) ‘शोभित’; ‘पुष्पैः शोभितः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A warm southern breeze moves through a grove; poets are shown in contemplative joy, while a figure of a separated lover (virahī) gazes at the flame-red kiṃśuka blossoms; the sacred ambience suggests this is within a Śiva-kṣetra, where emotion is witnessed and sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣiṇānila (southern breeze)
• Kiṃśuka (Palāśa tree)
• Poets (kavi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s beauty soothes and uplifts the mind—sacred places are portrayed as healing environments for longing and sorrow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse offers a general māhātmya-style landscape description; the particular tīrtha is not specified in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed here.