Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

बदरी निंबकः पूगः कदली शल्लकी शिवा । तालहिंतालशिरसा बीजकावंशखादिराः

Transliteration

badarī niṃbakaḥ pūgaḥ kadalī śallakī śivā | tālahiṃtālaśirasā bījakāvaṃśakhādirāḥ

Translation

അവിടെ ബദരി, നിംബം, പൂഗം (സുപാരി), കദളി (വാഴ), ശല്ലകി, ശിവാ; കൂടാതെ താലം, ഹിന്താലം, ശിരസാ, പിന്നെ ബീജകം, മുള, ഖദിരം എന്നിവയും ഉണ്ട്।

Word by Word

• बदरी: jujube tree (badarī)
• बदरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निंबकः: neem (tree)
• निंबकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निंबक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पूगः: areca/pūga (betel-nut palm)
• पूगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कदली: banana plant
• कदली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शल्लकी: śallakī tree (salai/boswellia)
• शल्लकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्लकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शिवा: śivā (a tree/plant name)
• शिवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तालहिंतालशिरसा: with (their) tāla/hiṃtāla tops (i.e., crowned with palms)
• तालहिंतालशिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल + हिंताल + शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (शिरस्-आधार), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ताल-हिंताल-शिरस् = 'with the head/top of tāla and hiṃtāla')

• बीजकावंशखादिराः: bījaka, bamboo, and khadira (trees)
• बीजकावंशखादिराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीजक + वंश + खादिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (बीजक-वंश-खादिराः = 'bījaka, bamboo, and khadira trees')

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-vana (Vastrāpatha-kṣetra vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A varied grove: badarī shrubs with small fruits, areca palms, banana plants, tall tāla/hiṃtāla palms, bamboo clusters, khadira trees; pilgrims resting in shade with water pots.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka forest
• Khadira
• Vaṃśa (bamboo)
• Tāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames the holy region as richly endowed, suggesting divine presence reflected in fertile, diverse nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Raivataka-associated forest area in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the forest inventory.