Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

वनं समभवत्तत्र दिव्यभूरुहसेवितम् । सेव्यं समस्तलोकानां फलपुष्पसमृद्धिमत्

Transliteration

vanaṃ samabhavattatra divyabhūruhasevitam | sevyaṃ samastalokānāṃ phalapuṣpasamṛddhimat

Translation

അവിടെ ദിവ്യവൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ സേവിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വനം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; അത് സർവ്വലോകങ്ങൾക്കും സേവ്യവും ഫലപുഷ്പസമൃദ്ധിയുമായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• vanam: a forest
• vanam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• samabhavat: came to be/arose
• samabhavat: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• divya: divine
• divya: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies sevitam)

• bhūruha: trees
• bhūruha: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūruha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• sevitam: frequented/inhabited
• sevitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sevita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sev)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विशेषण

• sevyam: worthy to be visited
• sevyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sevya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sev)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: to be served/visited), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• samasta: all
• samasta: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifies lokānām)

• lokānām: of people/worlds
• lokānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• phala: fruits
• phala: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• puṣpa: flowers
• puṣpa: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• samṛddhimat: abounding in prosperity
• samṛddhimat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samṛddhi-mat (प्रातिपदिक; samṛddhi + mat)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive: endowed with)

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-vana / sacred grove of Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly arisen sacred forest near Dvārakā, filled with divine trees heavy with fruits and blossoms; pilgrims and sages perceive it as universally welcoming.

Characters & Entities

• Divine trees (divya-bhūruha)
• Dvārakā region (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place becomes a shared refuge: abundance in nature symbolizes spiritual merit and divine hospitality to all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred landscape is praised as universally worthy of visitation (sevya) within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse encourages pilgrimage by portraying the site as worthy of approach and reverence.