Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
न स वृक्षो न सा वल्ली नौषधी सा धरातले । न तत्र याऽसुरज्येष्ठ पर्वते वीक्षिता मया
na sa vṛkṣo na sā vallī nauṣadhī sā dharātale | na tatra yā'surajyeṣṭha parvate vīkṣitā mayā
โอ้ผู้เป็นใหญ่แห่งอสูรทั้งหลาย บนแผ่นดินนี้ไม่มีต้นไม้ ไม่มีเถาวัลย์ และไม่มีสมุนไพรใด ที่เรามิได้เห็น ณ ภูเขานั้น
Narrator addressing an Asura leader (deduced from vocative ‘asurajyeṣṭha’)
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: kshetra
Listener: Asura-jyeṣṭha (foremost of Asuras)
Scene: A sweeping panoramic view of Arbuda where every ecological niche appears—trees, creepers, and medicinal herbs carpeting the slopes—conveying encyclopedic botanical richness; a speaker addressing an asura-chief is implied.
FAQs
A mahā-tīrtha is portrayed as complete and unsurpassed—nothing auspicious in the world is missing from it.
Mount Arbuda, presented as containing every auspicious plant and herb.
None explicitly.