Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

पनसैश्चंपकैराम्रैः प्रियंगुबिल्वदाडिमैः । नानापक्षिसमायुक्तो देवगन्धर्वसेवितः

Transliteration

panasaiścaṃpakairāmraiḥ priyaṃgubilvadāḍimaiḥ | nānāpakṣisamāyukto devagandharvasevitaḥ

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലം ചക്ക, ചമ്പകം, മാവ്, പ്രിയംഗു, ബിൽവം, മാതളം എന്നീ വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു; നാനാവിധ പക്ഷികളാൽ സമൃദ്ധവും ദേവ-ഗന്ധർവന്മാർ സേവിക്കുന്നതുമായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पनसैः: with jackfruit(-trees)
• पनसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पनस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• चम्पकैः: with champaka(-trees)
• चम्पकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आम्रैः: with mango(-trees)
• आम्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रियङ्गु-बिल्व-दाडिमैः: with priyangu, bilva, and pomegranate(-trees)
• प्रियङ्गु-बिल्व-दाडिमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक) + बिल्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दाडिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• नाना-पक्षि-समायुक्तः: accompanied by various birds
• नाना-पक्षि-समायुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + पक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्+युज् (धातु) → समायुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘समायुक्त’ = ‘सम्यक् युक्त/युक्तः’; नाना-पक्षिभिः समायुक्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• देव-गन्धर्व-सेवितः: served/attended by gods and gandharvas
• देव-गन्धर्व-सेवितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सेव् (धातु) → सेवित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘सेवित’ = ‘सेवितः/पूजितः’; देवगन्धर्वैः सेवितः (तृतीया-सम्बन्ध)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narration following Sūta’s frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vasiṣṭhāśrama-vana at Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lush hermitage orchard: jackfruit, campaka blossoms, mangoes, priyangu, bilva, pomegranates; birds fill the canopy; devas and gandharvas subtly appear as luminous attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Gandharva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified place harmonizes nature and the divine: sacred groves become signs of spiritual presence and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda āśrama-region established by Vasiṣṭha, depicted as a divinely frequented sacred grove.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a māhātmya-style description of the holy environment surrounding the āśrama/tīrtha.