Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

प्रसूनप्रकरानम्र माधवीवनमंडपे । प्रवालकुसुमोद्द्योतचूतशाखिभिरञ्चिते

Transliteration

prasūnaprakarānamra mādhavīvanamaṃḍape | pravālakusumoddyotacūtaśākhibhirañcite

Translation

माधवी-लतेच्या वनमंडपात, पुष्पगुच्छांनी वाकलेल्या लतांमध्ये, प्रवाळवर्ण कुसुमांनी उजळलेल्या आंब्याच्या फांद्यांनी तो परिसर शोभून दिसत होता।

Word by Word

• प्रसूनप्रकरानम्रे: in/at (a place) bent with clusters of flowers
• प्रसूनप्रकरानम्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसून-प्रकर-अनम्र (प्रातिपदिक; प्रसून=flower, प्रकर=cluster/abundance, अनम्र=bent)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमीविभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative describing place)

• माधवीवनमण्डपे: in the pavilion of the Mādhavī-grove
• माधवीवनमण्डपे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधवी-वन-मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक; माधवी=creeper, वन=grove, मण्डप=pavilion)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमीविभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• प्रवालकुसुमोद्द्योतचूतशाखिभिः: by mango-branches bright with coral-red blossoms
• प्रवालकुसुमोद्द्योतचूतशाखिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवाल-कुसुम-उद्द्योत-चूत-शाखि (प्रातिपदिक; प्रवाल=coral-red, कुसुम=flower, उद्द्योत=brightness, चूत=mango, शाखि=branch-bearing/tree)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्; करणत्वे (instrumental)

• अञ्चिते: adorned
• अञ्चिते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्च् (धातु) → अञ्चित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमीविभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (adorned)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flower-laden pavilion under Mādhavī creepers; bowed branches heavy with blossoms; mango boughs lit with coral-red flowers, creating a festive radiance.

Characters & Entities

• narrator
• king (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It sets a dharmic contrast: worldly beauty and pleasure are transient, soon giving way to a test of protection and righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as scenic narrative framing rather than a site-glorification passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this shloka; it is descriptive (prakṛti-varṇana) and prepares the story context.