Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
नारदोनाम गन्धर्वो रंभा चैव वराप्सराः । एते पूज्याः प्रयत्नेन प्लक्षोनाम महाद्रुमः
nāradonāma gandharvo raṃbhā caiva varāpsarāḥ | ete pūjyāḥ prayatnena plakṣonāma mahādrumaḥ
നാരദൻ എന്ന ഗന്ധർവ്വനും, രംഭ എന്ന ശ്രേഷ്ഠ അപ്സരസ്സും—ഇവരെ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ പൂജിക്കണം; ‘പ്ലക്ഷ’ എന്ന മഹാവൃക്ഷത്തെയും (പൂജിക്കണം)।
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Plakṣa (sacred tree in Dvārakā-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Scene: A devotional scene beneath a vast Plakṣa tree: pilgrims offering flowers and water; a luminous Gandharva named Nārada (distinct from the sage) with vīṇā-like musical aura, and Rambhā as a graceful apsaras, both depicted as sanctified presences rather than performers.
FAQs
In tīrtha-dharma, devotion extends beyond temples to sacred beings and even holy trees—nature itself is part of the sanctified kṣetra.
Dvārakā, with attention to its revered presences including a sacred Plakṣa tree within the kṣetra.
Worship (pūjā) is explicitly recommended—“ete pūjyāḥ prayatnena,” indicating careful veneration of these presences.