Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
चंपकैर्बकुलैर्दिव्यैरशोकैः स्तबकैः परैः । पुन्नागैः किंकिरातैश्च सुगन्धैर्नागकेसरैः
caṃpakairbakulairdivyairaśokaiḥ stabakaiḥ paraiḥ | punnāgaiḥ kiṃkirātaiśca sugandhairnāgakesaraiḥ
தெய்வீக சம்பகமும் பகுலமும், சிறந்த அசோக மரங்களும் மலர்க் கொத்துகளும், மேலும் புன்னாகம், கிங்கிராதம், மணமிகு நாககேசரமும் அதனை அலங்கரிக்கின்றன.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)
Tirtha: Mahāsiddhivana (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close, sensuous view of the grove: campaka and bakula trees heavy with blossoms; aśoka branches with dense flower clusters; punnāga and nāgakesara adding golden-white blooms; the air visibly ‘perfumed’ in artistic metaphor.
FAQs
The abundance of auspicious, fragrant flora is used to signify the purity and divine favor of the kṣetra.
The forested environs of Devikā/Kāmika kṣetra within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; it is a descriptive celebration of the sacred landscape.