Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा मधूपलस्वादैः सर्वकामप्रदायका । यत्र स्त्रीपुरुषाणां च कल्पवृक्षा गृहे स्थिताः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭavā madhūpalasvādaiḥ sarvakāmapradāyakā | yatra strīpuruṣāṇāṃ ca kalpavṛkṣā gṛhe sthitāḥ

Translation

അവിടെ തേൻ-ശർക്കര പോലെയുള്ള മാധുര്യമുള്ള (അദ്ഭുതങ്ങൾ) ഉണ്ട്; അവ സർവകാമങ്ങളും നൽകുന്നു. അവിടെ സ്ത്രീപുരുഷന്മാരുടെ വീടുകളിലുതന്നെ കല്പവൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Non-finite/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having seen’

• madhu-upala-svādaiḥ: with honey-like sweetness
• madhu-upala-svādaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक) + upala (प्रातिपदिक) + svāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instr pl); ‘with honey(-like) sweetness’ (lit. honey-stone-sweetnesses)

• sarva-kāma-pradāyakāḥ: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradāyakāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण: ‘granting all desires’

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb): यत्र = ‘where’

• strī-puruṣāṇām: of women and men
• strī-puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (द्वन्द्व-समासे), षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen pl): ‘of women and men’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च = ‘and’

• kalpavṛkṣāḥ: wish-fulfilling trees
• kalpavṛkṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpavṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• gṛhe: in the house/home
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neut loc sg)

• sthitāḥ: are situated
• sthitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘are situated/stand’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Plakṣadvīpa (abundance zone within cosmography)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant settlement where every house contains a wish-fulfilling tree; fruits and blossoms gleam with honey-sugar sweetness, and people—women and men—live in effortless contentment amid divine abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpavṛkṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic abundance imagery teaches that higher realms reflect the fruition of merit; fulfillment is shown as effortless where dharma is perfected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific earthly tīrtha is identified; the verse continues describing extraordinary features of a cosmographic realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.