Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

क्षीरवृक्षाः क्षीरयुक्तैस्तोयैः सिक्ताः शुभप्रदाः । चतुष्टयं च वृक्षाणां यच्चोक्तं पूर्वतो मया

Transliteration

kṣīravṛkṣāḥ kṣīrayuktaistoyaiḥ siktāḥ śubhapradāḥ | catuṣṭayaṃ ca vṛkṣāṇāṃ yaccoktaṃ pūrvato mayā

Translation

หมู่ไม้ให้น้ำนม เมื่อรดด้วยน้ำผสมน้ำนม ย่อมประทานมงคล และว่าด้วยหมู่ไม้สี่ประการที่ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวไว้ก่อนหน้านั้น…

Word by Word

• kṣīra-vṛkṣāḥ: milky trees
• kṣīra-vṛkṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘क्षीरवृक्ष’ = milky trees

• kṣīra-yuktaiḥ: mixed with milk
• kṣīra-yuktaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘toyaiḥ’ इति विशेषण (endowed with milk)

• toyaiḥ: with water
• toyaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण (with waters)

• siktāḥ: watered
• siktāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sic (√sic धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (watered/sprinkled)

• śubha-pradāḥ: granting auspiciousness
• śubha-pradāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (√dā धातु; प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘शुभं ददाति’ (bestowing auspiciousness)

• catuṣṭayam: the group of four
• catuṣṭayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; here as विषय/उद्देश्य (the set of four)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vṛkṣāṇām: of trees
• vṛkṣāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• yat: which/that
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (that which)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (√vac धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कर्मणि-भाव (said/spoken)

• pūrvataḥ: previously
• pūrvataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvataḥ (अव्यय; pūrva + tas)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/before)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred grove: four prominent trees stand near a tīrtha; devotees pour water mixed with milk from brass pots, with lamps and white flowers placed at the roots.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣīra-vṛkṣāḥ (milky/latex trees)
• Milk (kṣīra)
• Trees (vṛkṣāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering appropriate substances (like milk-mixture for kṣīra trees) aligns ritual with nature and yields śubha (auspicious merit).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, while this verse focuses on tree-specific offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Water kṣīra-vṛkṣas with milk-mixed water; the verse also signals an upcoming/previously stated list of four important trees.