Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

बकुलैश्चंपकैश्चाम्रैरशोकैः कर्णिकारकैः । शालैस्तालैश्च खर्जूरैर्वटैर्भल्लातकैर्धवैः

Transliteration

bakulaiścaṃpakaiścāmrairaśokaiḥ karṇikārakaiḥ | śālaistālaiśca kharjūrairvaṭairbhallātakairdhavaiḥ

Translation

അത് ബകുലം, ചമ്പകം, മാവ്, അശോകം, കർണികാരം എന്നീ വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു; ശാല, താള, ഖർജൂര, വട, ഭല്ലാതക, ധവ വൃക്ഷങ്ങളും അവിടെ ശോഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• बकुलैः: with bakula trees
• बकुलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction: and)

• चम्पकैः: with champaka trees
• चम्पकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (and)

• आम्रैः: with mango trees
• आम्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अशोकैः: with ashoka trees
• अशोकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कर्णिकारकैः: with karṇikāra trees
• कर्णिकारकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शालैः: with śāla trees
• शालैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तालैः: with tāla (palm) trees
• तालैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (and)

• खर्जूरैः: with date-palms
• खर्जूरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खर्जूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वटैः: with banyan trees
• वटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भल्लातकैः: with bhallātaka trees
• भल्लातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्लातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• धवैः: with dhava trees
• धवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Nārada (continuing description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lush sacred mountainside thick with bakula, campaka, mango, aśoka, karṇikāra, śāla, tāla, kharjūra, vaṭa, bhallātaka, and dhava—layered canopies, blossoms, and fruiting branches forming a natural mandapa.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The abundance of auspicious trees signifies sanctity—Purāṇas present sacred landscapes as living signs of divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A holy and wondrous grove/region within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa is being described; the exact tīrtha-name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a descriptive inventory of sacred flora rather than a ritual instruction.