Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
पारिजातकपुष्पाणि वृक्षजातीननेकशः । वादित्राणि च सर्वाणि दर्शयस्व शचीपते
Transliteration
pārijātakapuṣpāṇi vṛkṣajātīnanekaśaḥ | vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi darśayasva śacīpate
Translation
“จงแสดงดอกปาริชาต และหมู่ไม้ทิพย์นานาประการ ทั้งเครื่องดนตรีทั้งปวงด้วยแก่ข้า โอ้ศจีปติ”
Word by Word
pārijātakapuṣpāṇiflowers of the Pārijāta tree
pārijātakapuṣpāṇi:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpārijātaka + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘pārijātakasya puṣpāṇi’)
vṛkṣajātīnikinds of trees
vṛkṣajātīni:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛkṣa + jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘vṛkṣāṇāṃ jātayaḥ’ = kinds of trees)
anekaśaḥin many (various) ways / manyfold
anekaśaḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanekaśas (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in many ways/abundantly)
vāditrāṇimusical instruments
vāditrāṇi:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāditra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
sarvāṇiall
sarvāṇi:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण
darśayasvashow
darśayasva:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; णिच् (causative)
śacīpateO husband of Śacī (Indra)
śacīpate:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootśacī + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘śacyāḥ patiḥ’)
Speaker
Andhaka
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: null
Type: null
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śakra (Indra)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Andhaka asks to see Pārijāta blossoms, many heavenly trees, and all musical instruments—demanding a full sensory exhibition of Svarga.
Characters & Entities
P
PārijātaI
Indra (Śacīpati)Ś
Śacī (implied)FAQs
Heavenly beauty and music, though wondrous, can become objects of grasping; the Purāṇic lens warns against possessive desire.
No earthly tīrtha; the verse continues a Svarga-splendour inventory.
None.