Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

वसुधा वसुसंपूर्णा मंडिता नगरी पुरी । पर्वतैश्च समुद्रैश्च सरिद्भिश्च सरोवरैः

Transliteration

vasudhā vasusaṃpūrṇā maṃḍitā nagarī purī | parvataiśca samudraiśca saridbhiśca sarovaraiḥ

Translation

നിധിസമ്പന്നമായ വസുധ ആ നഗരി-പുരിയെ അലങ്കരിച്ചു; പർവതങ്ങൾ, സമുദ്രങ്ങൾ, നദികൾ, സരോവരങ്ങൾ എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് അത് ശോഭിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• वसुधा: the earth
• वसुधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वसुसंपूर्णा: completely filled with riches
• वसुसंपूर्णा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसु + संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) वसुधा-विशेषणम्

• मण्डिता: adorned
• मण्डिता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डित (कृदन्त; √मण्ड्/मड् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• नगरी: city
• नगरी: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (appositional)

• पुरी: town; fortress-city
• पुरी: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (appositional)

• पर्वतैः: with mountains
• पर्वतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• समुद्रैः: with oceans
• समुद्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• सरिद्भिः: with rivers
• सरिद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• सरोवरैः: with lakes
• सरोवरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरोवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (city environs)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of an adorned city-landscape: distant mountains, a shining sea, winding rivers, and lotus-filled lakes encircling prosperous urban spaces.

Characters & Entities

• nagarī/purī (city)
• parvata (mountains)
• samudra (ocean)
• sarid (rivers)
• sarovara (lakes)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dhārmic land is seen as ‘adorned’—nature and prosperity become signs of sacred order when aligned with merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the māhātmya of Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region) by portraying its auspicious, abundant geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive praise (stuti) of the land and its features.