Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुपुष्प कृत्रिमोद्यानाः ससदाफलपादपाः । सपद्मिनीककासारा यत्र राजंति भूमयः

Transliteration

supuṣpa kṛtrimodyānāḥ sasadāphalapādapāḥ | sapadminīkakāsārā yatra rājaṃti bhūmayaḥ

Translation

அங்கே நிலங்கள் அழகிய மலர்களால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட தோட்டங்களாலும், எப்போதும் கனிதரும் மரங்களாலும், தாமரை குளங்களும் நீர்த்தேக்கங்களும் கொண்டு மிளிரும்.

Word by Word

• सुपुष्पाः: having fine flowers
• सुपुष्पाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• कृत्रिमोद्यानाः: artificial gardens
• कृत्रिमोद्यानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्रिम (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• ससदाफलपादपाः: trees bearing fruit always (with ever-fruitful trees)
• ससदाफलपादपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपपद) + सदा (अव्यय) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + पादप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सपद्मिनीककासाराः: (lands) with lotus-ponds and lakes
• सपद्मिनीककासाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपपद) + पद्मिनीका (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रातिपदिक) + आसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• राजन्ति: shine
• राजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada)

• भूमयः: lands/grounds
• भूमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing speech, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An idyllic sacred landscape: manicured gardens in bloom, fruit-laden trees across seasons, lotus ponds with steps, pilgrims resting in shade, temples peeking beyond greenery.

Characters & Entities

• Padminī (lotus-ponds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit manifests as harmony between society and nature—beauty, water-resources, and fertility are signs of dharmic flourishing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse continues the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative fruit describing an ideal, prosperous region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive.