Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 157
Devanagari script
सृजंतः पादपास्तत्र व्याप्य तिष्ठन्ति तद्वनम्
Transliteration
sṛjaṃtaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanam
Translation
Там деревья, непрестанно возрастая и плодонося, стоят, раскинувшись, и наполняют собой весь лес.
Word by Word
सृजन्तःcreating, producing
सृजन्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (present active participle; masc nom pl)
पादपाःtrees
पादपाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपादप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nominative plural)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)
व्याप्यhaving pervaded
व्याप्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootव्याप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (ल्यप्/क्त्वा), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालक्रिया (absolutive/gerund; having pervaded)
तिष्ठन्तिstand, remain
तिष्ठन्ति:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative; 3rd person plural)
तद्वनम्that forest
तद्वनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (that-forest = its/that forest) (neuter accusative singular)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kaumārikā-vana
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Towering trees continuously sprouting, their canopies spreading to cover the entire sacred forest like a living mandala.
Characters & Entities
V
VidyāvanaFAQs
In a sanctified realm, life-force and auspiciousness are continuous—growth and support are natural expressions of dharma.
Vidyāvana, depicted as fully covered and sustained by ever-flourishing trees.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on the sacred environment that nourishes spiritual life.