Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
बकुलैश्चंपकैश्चाम्रैरशोकैः कर्णिकारकैः । शालैस्तालैश्च खर्जूरैर्वटैर्भल्लातकैर्धवैः
bakulaiścaṃpakaiścāmrairaśokaiḥ karṇikārakaiḥ | śālaistālaiśca kharjūrairvaṭairbhallātakairdhavaiḥ
ते वन बकुळ व चंपक, आंबा व अशोक, तसेच कर्णिकार वृक्षांनी परिपूर्ण होते; शाल, ताड, खजूर, वट, भल्लातक आणि धव वृक्षही तेथे शोभत होते।
Nārada (continuing description)
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: peak
Scene: A lush sacred mountainside thick with bakula, campaka, mango, aśoka, karṇikāra, śāla, tāla, kharjūra, vaṭa, bhallātaka, and dhava—layered canopies, blossoms, and fruiting branches forming a natural mandapa.
FAQs
The abundance of auspicious trees signifies sanctity—Purāṇas present sacred landscapes as living signs of divine presence.
A holy and wondrous grove/region within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa is being described; the exact tīrtha-name is not stated in this verse.
None; the verse is a descriptive inventory of sacred flora rather than a ritual instruction.