Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तदेते तरवः सर्वे संत्वभोज्यफला नृणाम् । विभ्रष्टसर्वसौभाग्याः कुसुमस्तबकोज्झिताः

Transliteration

tadete taravaḥ sarve saṃtvabhojyaphalā nṛṇām | vibhraṣṭasarvasaubhāgyāḥ kusumastabakojjhitāḥ

Translation

Посему да станут все эти деревья такими, чтобы их плоды были непригодны для наслаждения людьми,—лишённые всей своей красоты и без гроздей цветков.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Demonstrative/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• तरवः: trees
• तरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier of taravaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), तृतीयपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अभोज्य-फलाः: having inedible fruits
• अभोज्य-फलाः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective of taravaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-भोज्य (भुज् धातु, यत्-प्रत्यय; negated) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अभोज्यानि फलानि येषां ते), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नृणाम्: of men / for people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (For/of people/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विभ्रष्ट-सर्व-सौभाग्याः: deprived of all beauty/fortune
• विभ्रष्ट-सर्व-सौभाग्याः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभ्रष्ट (भ्रंश् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वं सौभाग्यं येषां विभ्रष्टं ते), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कुसुम-स्तबक-उज्झिताः: bereft of clusters of flowers
• कुसुम-स्तबक-उज्झिताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तबक (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्झित (उज्झ्/त्यज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कुसुमस्तबकैः उज्झिताः/वर्जिताः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-vana (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The grove transforms: blossoms vanish, clusters fall away, trees stand dull and stripped of charm; people look on in shock as abundance becomes inedible and joyless.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Trees of Rukmiṇī-vana (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays a living link between moral-spiritual forces and nature; wrongdoing or offense can diminish a place’s abundance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rukmiṇī-vana in Dvārakā is the implied setting, showing how a sacred grove can be altered by a rishi’s pronouncement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an imprecatory statement (śāpa) affecting the grove’s trees.