Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अंकोल्लाः पारिभद्राश्च कलंबाः पनसास्तथा । उज्ज्वलाश्च हरिद्राश्च गंगडीवायवा द्रुमाः

Transliteration

aṃkollāḥ pāribhadrāśca kalaṃbāḥ panasāstathā | ujjvalāśca haridrāśca gaṃgaḍīvāyavā drumāḥ

Translation

അവിടെ അങ്കോല്ല, പാരിഭദ്ര (പാരിജാത), കലമ്പ, പനസ (ചക്ക) വൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ഉജ്ജ്വല, ഹരിദ്രാ, ഗംഗഡീ-വായവ എന്ന ദ്രുമങ്ങളും ശോഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• अंकोल्लाः: aṅkolla trees
• अंकोल्लाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंकोल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पारिभद्राः: pāribhadra trees
• पारिभद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• कलंबाः: kalamba trees
• कलंबाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलंब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पनसाः: jackfruit trees
• पनसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पनस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb: 'also/likewise')

• उज्ज्वलाः: ujjvala (trees/bright ones; a tree name)
• उज्ज्वलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (वृक्ष-समूहवाचक), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• हरिद्राः: haridrā (turmeric plants/trees)
• हरिद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकस्य पुंवद्भावेन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• गंगडीवायवाः: gaṅgaḍīva and āyava (trees)
• गंगडीवायवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गंगडीव + आयव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गंगडीव-आयवाः)

• द्रुमाः: trees
• द्रुमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred grove at Vastrāpatha: ankolla, pāribhadra/pārijāta-like blossoms, kadamba, jackfruit, turmeric-hued trees, and wind-swayed gaṃgaḍī-vāyava trees forming a luminous canopy over a tīrtha-path.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka forest
• Pāribhadra (Pārijāta)
• Panas (jackfruit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of the place is mirrored in its extraordinary natural richness, marking it as suitable for devotion and spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Raivataka-associated forest landscape in the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is continuing vana-varṇana (description of the sacred grove/forest).