Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

कर्णोपलम्बिसंघुष्यद्भृङ्गाढ्यचूतमञ्जरी । सुधागर्भसमुद्भूता पारिजातलता यथा

Transliteration

karṇopalambisaṃghuṣyadbhṛṅgāḍhyacūtamañjarī | sudhāgarbhasamudbhūtā pārijātalatā yathā

Translation

ചെവിക്കരികെ തൂങ്ങിക്കിടന്ന് തേൻചീറ്റികളുടെ ഗുഞ്ജാരത്തോടെ മുഴങ്ങുന്ന ആ മാവിൻമഞ്ജരി, അമൃതഗർഭത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന പാരിജാതലതപോലെ ശോഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• कर्ण: ear
• कर्ण: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular)

• उपलम्बि: hanging down
• उपलम्बि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपलम्बिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative/accusative singular; adjectival)

• संघुष्यत्: humming/sounding
• संघुष्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घुष् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• भृङ्ग: bee
• भृङ्ग: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular)

• आढ्य: rich/filled with
• आढ्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nom/acc singular; adjectival)

• चूत: mango tree
• चूत: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular)

• मञ्जरी: blossom-cluster
• मञ्जरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मञ्जरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• सुधा: nectar; ambrosia
• सुधा: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, nom/acc singular)

• गर्भ: womb; interior
• गर्भ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nom/acc singular)

• समुद्भूता: arisen/produced
• समुद्भूता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• पारिजात: the pārijāta tree
• पारिजात: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिजात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nom/acc singular)

• लता: creeper
• लता: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-प्रदर्शक (indeclinable; comparative particle)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mango-blossom cluster tucked by the ear, thick with humming bees; it resembles a pārijāta creeper born from a womb of nectar—fragrance and sweetness made visible.

Characters & Entities

• Pārijāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic māhātmyas sacralize nature—flowers, bees, and ornaments become signs of a realm touched by divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The holy āśrama setting (Raibhya’s hermitage near Himavat) is being poetically exalted through its celestial-like atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.