Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
वृक्षा वल्ल्यश्च गुल्माश्च संतानाः संत्यनेकशः । सर्वं तत्कांचनमयं मूलं पुष्पं फलं दलम्
vṛkṣā vallyaśca gulmāśca saṃtānāḥ saṃtyanekaśaḥ | sarvaṃ tatkāṃcanamayaṃ mūlaṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ dalam
അവിടെ അനവധി വൃക്ഷങ്ങളും വള്ളികളും കുറ്റിച്ചെടികളും ഉണ്ട്. അവയുടെ വേർ, പുഷ്പം, ഫലം, ഇല—എല്ലാം സ്വർണമയ സ്വഭാവമുള്ളവയാണ്.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (kāñcanavana motif)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dense sacred grove where every plant part—roots, blossoms, fruits, leaves—gleams like gold; creepers drape like golden garlands; shrubs shimmer as if cast in metal under soft divine light.
FAQs
In a mahā-tīrtha, even ordinary nature is transfigured—signifying inexhaustible merit and divine proximity.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse supports faith in the site by portraying its supernatural abundance.