Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

पुष्पितैः फलितैर्वृक्षैः समंतात्परिवेष्टितम् । विचित्रैर्मधुरारावैर्नादितं विहगोत्तमैः

Transliteration

puṣpitaiḥ phalitairvṛkṣaiḥ samaṃtātpariveṣṭitam | vicitrairmadhurārāvairnāditaṃ vihagottamaiḥ

Translation

อาศรมนั้นถูกโอบล้อมรอบด้านด้วยหมู่ไม้ที่ออกดอกและติดผล และก้องกังวานด้วยเสียงขับขานอันไพเราะหลากหลายของหมู่นกผู้ประเสริฐ

Word by Word

• puṣpitaiḥ: flowering
• puṣpitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of vṛkṣaiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣpita (पुष्पित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (वृक्षैः)

• phalitaiḥ: fruit-bearing
• phalitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of vṛkṣaiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phalita (फलित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वृक्षैः)

• vṛkṣaiḥ: by trees
• vṛkṣaiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive: pariveṣṭitam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (वृक्ष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन

• samaṃtāt: all around
• samaṃtāt: Deśādhikaraṇa (Spatial adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (समन्तात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वतोभावे (adverb: all around)

• pariveṣṭitam: enclosed/surrounded
• pariveṣṭitam: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari√veṣṭ (वेष्ट् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (enclosed)

• vicitraiḥ: variegated/wondrous
• vicitraiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicitra (विचित्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (मधुरारावैः)

• madhura-ārāvaiḥ: by sweet calls
• madhura-ārāvaiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive: nāditam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhura (मधुर) + ārāva (आराव)
• Form: समास: मधुराराव (कर्मधारय: ‘sweet cries’); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन

• nāditam: resounded
• nāditam: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nad (नद् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (resounded)

• vihaga-uttamaiḥ: by the best of birds
• vihaga-uttamaiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive: nāditam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vihaga (विहग) + uttama (उत्तम)
• Form: समास: विहगोत्तम (तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय: ‘excellent birds’); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrative continuation implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of blossoming, fruit-laden trees around a lakeside hermitage; the air vibrates with layered, sweet birdsong from many species.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A purified, dharmic place naturally manifests harmony—abundance in trees and sweetness in sound reflect inner and outer auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the ashram’s grove-like setting near the lake; it does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a mahatmya-style portrayal of the holy ambience that supports worship and austerity.