Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

विहंगैर्नादितं पुष्पैरलंकृतमतीव हि । सर्वर्तुकुसमैर्वृक्षैः सुखच्छायैः समावृतम्

Transliteration

vihaṃgairnāditaṃ puṣpairalaṃkṛtamatīva hi | sarvartukusamairvṛkṣaiḥ sukhacchāyaiḥ samāvṛtam

Translation

तत् काननं विहङ्गनादैर्नादितं, पुष्पैरतीव अलङ्कृतं; सर्वर्तुकुसुमैर्वृक्षैः सुखच्छायैः समन्तात् समावृतम्।

Word by Word

• विहङ्गैः: by birds
• विहङ्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vihaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• नादितम्: resounded
• नादितम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nad (नद्) + ita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) (made resounding)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• अलंकृतम्: adorned
• अलंकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alaṃ√kṛ (अलंकृ) + ta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) (adorned)

• अतीव: very
• अतीव: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अतिशयार्थक-अव्यय (very/exceedingly)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये-अव्यय (indeed/for)

• सर्वर्तुकुसमैः: having flowers in all seasons
• सर्वर्तुकुसमैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-ṛtu-kusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषु ऋतुषु कुसुमानि येषाम्/that have flowers in all seasons)

• वृक्षैः: with trees
• वृक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सुखच्छायैः: with pleasant shade
• सुखच्छायैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha + chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सुखा छाया येषाम्/pleasant-shaded)

• समावृतम्: covered all around
• समावृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√vṛ (वृ) + ta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) (covered/enclosed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blossom-laden forest canopy; birds perched and singing; trees flowering in every season; cool, inviting shade carpeting the ground.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Perpetual flowering symbolizes uninterrupted merit—where dharma continually ‘blooms’ and supports devotion and tranquility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, praised as an ever-flowering, bird-filled sacred forest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on the kṣetra’s constant auspiciousness.