Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

चिञ्चिणीचम्पकोपेते ह्यगस्तितरुछादिते । प्रभूतभूतसंयुक्तं वनं सर्वत्र शोभितम्

Transliteration

ciñciṇīcampakopete hyagastitaruchādite | prabhūtabhūtasaṃyuktaṃ vanaṃ sarvatra śobhitam

Translation

ป่านั้นอุดมด้วยต้นมะขาม (จิญจินี) และต้นจำปกะ และถูกปกคลุมด้วยร่มเงาแห่งต้นอะคัสติ เต็มไปด้วยสรรพสัตว์นานา ป่านั้นงามผ่องทุกทิศา

Word by Word

• चिञ्चिणीचम्पकोपेते: endowed with tamarind and campaka trees
• चिञ्चिणीचम्पकोपेते: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिञ्चिणी + चम्पक + उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (उपेत = endowed), तत्पुरुष (चिञ्चिणी-चम्पकैः उपेतम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• अगस्तितरुछादिते: covered with agasti trees
• अगस्तितरुछादिते: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगस्ति + तरु + छादित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (छादित = covered), तत्पुरुष (अगस्ति-तरुभिः छादितम्)

• प्रभूतभूतसंयुक्तम्: inhabited by many beings
• प्रभूतभूतसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभूत + भूत + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (संयुक्त = joined/inhabited), तत्पुरुष (प्रभूतैः भूतैः संयुक्तम्)

• वनम्: the forest
• वनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• शोभितम्: was adorned/beautiful
• शोभितम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Urisaṅgama (environs)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A complete sacred forest panorama: tamarind and campaka, agasti shade, many creatures inhabiting the grove; the whole scene radiates auspicious beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Urisaṅgama
• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas frame holy places as harmonized realms where the abundance of life signifies auspiciousness and sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The environs of Urisaṅgama on the Narmadā (Revā), described as a splendid forest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides sacred topography rather than instruction.