Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णं किन्नरैरुपशोभितम् । चंदनागुरुकर्पूरैरशोकैस्तिलकैः शुभैः

Transliteration

yakṣavidyādharākīrṇaṃ kinnarairupaśobhitam | caṃdanāgurukarpūrairaśokaistilakaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലം യക്ഷന്മാരും വിദ്യാധരന്മാരും നിറഞ്ഞതും കിന്നരന്മാർ അലങ്കരിച്ചതുമായിരുന്നു. ചന്ദനം, അഗരു, കർപ്പൂരം എന്നിവയുടെ സുഗന്ധം പരന്നതും, ശുഭമായ അശോകവും തിലകവൃക്ഷങ്ങളും കൊണ്ട് ഭൂഷിതവുമായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णम्: filled with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas
• यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक) + आकीर्ण (आ-कीर् (धातु) + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतम् इति); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः—यक्ष-विद्याधरैः आकीर्णम् (filled with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas)

• किन्नरैः: by Kinnaras
• किन्नरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उपशोभितम्: adorned
• उपशोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतम् इति)

• चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरैः: with sandalwood, agaru, and camphor
• चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + अगुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (sandalwood, agaru, and camphor)

• अशोकैः: with aśoka trees
• अशोकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तिलकैः: with tilaka trees/plants
• तिलकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शुभैः: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (चन्दनादिभिः/अशोकादिभिः)

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator voice as given in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred grove in Prabhāsa: Yakṣas and Vidyādharas moving among perfumed trees; Kinnaras ornamenting the scene; air heavy with sandal, agaru, and camphor; aśoka and tilaka trees framing a luminous tīrtha-landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣas
• Vidyādharas
• Kinnaras
• Candanā (sandal)
• Agaru
• Karpūra (camphor)
• Aśoka (tree)
• Tilaka (tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is portrayed as a meeting-ground of the natural and the supernatural, where purity, fragrance, and beauty signify sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kṛtasmarā mountain within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a māhātmya-style eulogy of the site’s divine and auspicious environment.