Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
मूले मध्ये तथाऽग्रे च यस्य नामापि तृप्ति दम् । अन्येऽपि देवा वृक्षांस्तानधिश्रित्य महाद्रुमाः
mūle madhye tathā'gre ca yasya nāmāpi tṛpti dam | anye'pi devā vṛkṣāṃstānadhiśritya mahādrumāḥ
मूले मध्ये तथाऽग्रे च यस्य नामापि तृप्तिदं; अन्येऽपि देवा वृक्षान् तान् अधिश्रित्य महाद्रुमेषु निवसन्ति।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Pippala/Mahādruma and associated devatā-vṛkṣa-grove
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred grove with a central Aśvattha; at root, middle, and crown are subtle divine emblems; surrounding trees host various devas, suggesting a hidden celestial assembly within the forest.
FAQs
Even remembrance or utterance of the sacred tree’s name is portrayed as spiritually nourishing, because the tree is treated as a divine dwelling-place.
The ‘tīrtha’ emphasis is on sacred trees as embodiments of sanctity within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha landscape.
Name-remembrance (nāma-smaraṇa) and honoring the tree in all its parts (root, trunk, crown) are implied modes of worship.
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