वृन्दावनं वनं चैकं द्वितीयं खांडवं वनम् । ख्यातं द्वैतवनं चान्यत्तृतीयं धरणीतले
vṛndāvanaṃ vanaṃ caikaṃ dvitīyaṃ khāṃḍavaṃ vanam | khyātaṃ dvaitavanaṃ cānyattṛtīyaṃ dharaṇītale
ବୃନ୍ଦାବନ ଏକ (ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ) ପବିତ୍ର ବନ; ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ଖାଣ୍ଡବ ବନ; ତୃତୀୟଟି—ଧରାତଳେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଖ୍ୟାତ—ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ଦ୍ୱୈତବନ।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Vṛndāvana–Khāṇḍava–Dvaitavana (vana-traya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred-forest triad: Vṛndāvana with kadamba trees, Yamunā, and hints of Kṛṣṇa’s flute; Khāṇḍava with a controlled sacrificial fire motif and Arjuna–Kṛṣṇa protecting the blaze; Dvaitavana with Pāṇḍavas in exile near a lake/woodland hermitage.
Not only cities, but forests too are treated as sanctifying landscapes where dharma and divine presence are especially accessible.
Three celebrated forests: Vṛndāvana, Khāṇḍava Vana, and Dvaitavana.
No direct prescription here; it enumerates the principal sacred forests that will be linked with snāna-merit in the surrounding verses.
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