Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

ततोऽप्यंतर्हिता भूत्वा पुनः प्राप्ता हिमाचलम् । खादिरामोदनामानं सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलम्

Transliteration

tato'pyaṃtarhitā bhūtvā punaḥ prāptā himācalam | khādirāmodanāmānaṃ sarvartukusumojjvalam

Translation

വീണ്ടും അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്ത് അവൾ ഹിമാചലത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ചു—‘ഖാദിരാമോദ’ എന്ന സ്ഥലത്തെ—എല്ലാ ഋതുക്കളിലുമുള്ള പുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ ദീപ്തമായത്.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Apadana/Temporal (Source/then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदर्थक-देश/कालवाचक (ablatival adverb)

• अपि: again, also
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• अन्तर्हिता: having become hidden
• अन्तर्हिता: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हि (धातु/भाव) → अन्तर्हित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• प्राप्ता: reached
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used as finite predicate, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हिमाचलम्: the Himālaya (snow-mountain)
• हिमाचलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हिमस्य अचलः), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• खादिरामोदनामानम्: named ‘Khādirāmodana’
• खादिरामोदनामानम्: Visheshana (Adjective of हिमाचलम्/स्थानम् implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खादिरामोदन (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (खादिरामोदन इति नाम यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलम्: bright with flowers in all seasons
• सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलम्: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (सर्वेषु ऋतुषु कुसुमैः उज्ज्वलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khādirāmoda (Himācala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Snow-peaked Himalaya with a fragrant khadira grove; flowers bloom despite snow, creating a paradoxical, heavenly garden; a luminous presence arrives unseen and manifests at the grove.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Khādirāmoda (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography portrays tīrthas as ever-fresh and auspicious—symbolized by perpetual blossoming—inviting sustained devotion and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Khādirāmoda, a celebrated locale in the Himālaya region within the narrative arc of Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse primarily identifies and praises the site’s auspicious, ever-blooming character.