Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पलाशाश्वत्थनिंबाश्च धवाटीवारुणीद्रुमाः । शमीकंकोललिंबांश्च बीजपूरी च दाडिमः

Transliteration

palāśāśvatthaniṃbāśca dhavāṭīvāruṇīdrumāḥ | śamīkaṃkolaliṃbāṃśca bījapūrī ca dāḍimaḥ

Translation

അവിടെ പലാശം, അശ്വത്ഥം, നിംബം; ധവയും മറ്റു വാരുണീ വൃക്ഷങ്ങളും; കൂടാതെ ശമീ, കങ്കോലം, നാരങ്ങ, ബീജപൂരി, ദാടിമം (മാതളം) എന്നിവയും ഉണ്ട്।

Word by Word

• पलाशाश्वत्थनिम्बाः: palāśa, aśvattha, and nimba (trees)
• पलाशाश्वत्थनिम्बाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलाश-अश्वत्थ-निम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (palāśa + aśvattha + nimba)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• धवाटीवारुणीद्रुमाः: dhava, āṭī, vāruṇī, and other trees
• धवाटीवारुणीद्रुमाः: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धव-आटी-वारुणी-द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (dhava + āṭī + vāruṇī + druma)

• शमीकंकोललिम्बान्: śamī, kaṃkola, and limba (trees)
• शमीकंकोललिम्बान्: Karma (Object—elliptic listing/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमी-कंकोल-लिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (śamī + kaṃkola + limba)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बीजपूरी: bījapūrī (citron)
• बीजपूरी: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज-पूरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: बीजानां पूरी/पूरणम् इव फलम् (नामधातु-प्रयोग; रूढि-तत्पुरुष-भाव)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दाडिमः: pomegranate (tree)
• दाडिमः: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाडिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-vana (Vastrāpatha-kṣetra vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Forest interior with palāśa blossoms, aśvattha leaves shimmering, nimba clusters; dhavā and other trees; śamī shrubs; citrus (lime/bījapūrī) and pomegranate fruits; shafts of light and quiet deer.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka forest
• Aśvattha
• Nimba
• Śamī
• Dāḍima

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is celebrated as a complete sacred habitat, where nature itself supports dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivataka’s forest precincts in the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a descriptive passage (vana-varṇana).