Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

केसरी सर्वतोभद्रो नदनो नन्दिशालकः । नन्दीशो मन्दरश्चैव श्रीवृक्षो ह्यमृतोद्भवः

Transliteration

kesarī sarvatobhadro nadano nandiśālakaḥ | nandīśo mandaraścaiva śrīvṛkṣo hyamṛtodbhavaḥ

Translation

केसरी, सर्वतोभद्र, नदन, नन्दिशालक; नन्दीश व मन्दर; तसेच श्रीवृक्ष आणि अमृतोद्भव—ही (प्रासादांची) नावे आहेत.

Word by Word

• केसरी: Kesarī (a named entity)
• केसरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केसरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वतोभद्रः: Sarvatobhadra (auspicious on all sides)
• सर्वतोभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय) + भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास

• नदनः: Nadana (name)
• नदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नन्दिशालकः: Nandiśālaka (name)
• नन्दिशालकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + शालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नन्देः शालकः)

• नन्दीशः: Nandīśa (lord of Nandi; name)
• नन्दीशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नन्देः ईशः)

• मन्दरः: Mandara (name)
• मन्दरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• श्रीवृक्षः: Śrīvṛkṣa (auspicious tree; name)
• श्रीवृक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्रियाः वृक्षः)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• अमृतोद्भवः: Amṛtodbhava (arisen from nectar; name)
• अमृतोद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (अमृतात् उद्भवः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Named prāsādas around Meru (Kesarī, Sarvatobhadra, etc.)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator enumerates prāsāda names—Kesarī, Sarvatobhadra, Nadana, Nandiśālaka, Nandīśa, Mandara, Śrīvṛkṣa, Amṛtodbhava—each evoking a distinct symbolic aura within the sacred complex.

Characters & Entities

• Kesarī (prāsāda)
• Sarvatobhadra (prāsāda)
• Nadana (prāsāda)
• Nandiśālaka (prāsāda)
• Nandīśa (prāsāda)
• Mandara (prāsāda)
• Śrīvṛkṣa (prāsāda)
• Amṛtodbhava (prāsāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s greatness is expressed through a mandala of named sanctuaries, suggesting many avenues of approach to the Divine within one kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine-complex of Someśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described through the names of its surrounding prāsādas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a nominative list supporting the māhātmya’s sacred geography.