Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

पारिजातकपुष्पैश्च तथा सन्तानसम्भवैः । कल्पपादपसंभूतैस्तथा मन्दारजैरपि

Transliteration

pārijātakapuṣpaiśca tathā santānasambhavaiḥ | kalpapādapasaṃbhūtaistathā mandārajairapi

Translation

เขาบูชาด้วยดอกปาริชาตะ ด้วยดอกที่เกิดจากต้นสันตานะ ด้วยดอกที่ผุดจากกัลปพฤกษ์ผู้บันดาลปรารถนา และด้วยดอกมันดาระด้วย

Word by Word

• पारिजातकपुष्पैः: with pārijāta flowers
• पारिजातकपुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिजात + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पारिजातस्य पुष्पाणि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb: likewise)

• सन्तानसम्भवैः: with those born from santāna (tree)
• सन्तानसम्भवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्तान + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सन्तानात् सम्भवाः)

• कल्पपादपसंभूतैः: with those produced from the wish-fulfilling tree
• कल्पपादपसंभूतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्प + पादप + सम्भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कल्पपादपात् सम्भूताः)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थे

• मन्दारजैः: with mandāra flowers
• मन्दारजैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दारज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (particle: also/even)

Speaker

Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs arcana before a radiant deity, showering pārijāta, mandāra, santāna, and kalpavṛkṣa blossoms; the air is thick with fragrance and drifting petals.

Characters & Entities

• Pārijāta
• Santāna tree
• Kalpavṛkṣa (wish-fulfilling tree)
• Mandāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering the finest flowers symbolizes offering one’s best to the deity, intensifying devotion and tīrtha-worship merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the worship sequence within the chapter’s tīrtha setting; it does not specify the tīrtha name in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Puṣpārpaṇa (flower offering) in liṅga worship, specifying exalted/celestial flower types as offerings.