Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एतानन्यांश्च स तरून्ददर्श यदुनन्दनः । तथैवाशोकपुन्नागकेतकीबकुलांस्तथा

Transliteration

etānanyāṃśca sa tarūndadarśa yadunandanaḥ | tathaivāśokapunnāgaketakībakulāṃstathā

Translation

യദുനന്ദനൻ ഇവയും മറ്റു പല വൃക്ഷങ്ങളും കണ്ടു; അതുപോലെ അശോകം, പുന്നാഗം, കേതകി, ബകുലം എന്നീ വൃക്ഷങ്ങളെയും ദർശിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तरून्: trees
• तरून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदुनन्दनः: the son of the Yadus (Yadunandana)
• यदुनन्दनः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक); यदु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: यदूनां नन्दनः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• अशोकपुन्नागकेतकीबकुलान्: aśoka, punnāga, ketakī, and bakula (trees)
• अशोकपुन्नागकेतकीबकुलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + पुन्नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + केतकी (प्रातिपदिक) + बकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुपद-द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Yadu prince/pilgrim pauses within Prabhāsa’s sacred grove, gazing at aśoka, punnāga, ketakī, and bakula trees heavy with blossoms; soft coastal light and temple-bells in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Yadunandana (Balarāma)
• Aśoka
• Punnāga
• Ketakī
• Bakula

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya literature sanctifies place through detail—naming auspicious trees to mark the land as spiritually potent and worthy of remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The praised grove/forest (Raivata Udyāna setting) within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.