Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
शाकशंखवनैरम्यं चदनैरक्तचंदनैः । हरीतकीकर्णिकार धात्रीवनविभूषणम्
Transliteration
śākaśaṃkhavanairamyaṃ cadanairaktacaṃdanaiḥ | harītakīkarṇikāra dhātrīvanavibhūṣaṇam
Translation
శాక, శంఖ వనాలతో అది రమ్యంగా ఉండి, చందనం మరియు రక్తచందనంతో సుసోభితమైయుండెను. హరీతకీ, కర్ణికార, ధాత్రీ వనాలు దానిని మరింత అలంకరించి, శుభశోభతో పావన ధామముగా నిలిపెను।
Word by Word
śāka-śaṃkha-vanairamyamcharming with śāka- and śaṃkha-groves
śāka-śaṃkha-vanairamyam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśāka (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṃkha (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (neuter, nom/acc sg; 'pleasant due to śāka- and śaṃkha-forests')
candana-īḥwith sandalwoods
candana-īḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcandana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (neuter, instrumental, plural)
rakta-candanaiḥwith red sandalwoods
rakta-candanaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootrakta (प्रातिपदिक) + candana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (neuter, instrumental plural; 'red sandalwood')
harītakī-karṇikāra-dhātrī-vana-vibhūṣaṇaman adornment of the grove with harītakī, karṇikāra and dhātrī trees
harītakī-karṇikāra-dhātrī-vana-vibhūṣaṇam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootharītakī (प्रातिपदिक) + karṇikāra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhātrī (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (neuter, nom/acc sg; 'ornament of the forest with harītakī, karṇikāra, dhātrī')
Speaker
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīFAQs
The holiness of Kāśī is mirrored in its auspicious vegetation, suggesting that sacred space shapes and sanctifies the natural world.
Kāśī as a whole—its groves are celebrated as signs of divine presence.
None; the verse functions as māhātmya-style praise through landscape description.