Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

धात्रीद्रुमेऽप्येवमेव फलं भवति रोपिते । तुलसीरोपणे चैव अधिकं चापि सुव्रत । अमरत्वं च ते यांति नात्र कार्य्या विचारणा

Transliteration

dhātrīdrume'pyevameva phalaṃ bhavati ropite | tulasīropaṇe caiva adhikaṃ cāpi suvrata | amaratvaṃ ca te yāṃti nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā

Translation

เมื่อปลูกต้นธาตรี (อามลกี/มะขามป้อม) ก็เกิดผลบุญเช่นนั้นเหมือนกัน แต่โอ้ผู้มีวัตรอันงาม การปลูกตุลสีให้บุญยิ่งกว่า และเขายังบรรลุความเป็นอมตะด้วย—ไม่ควรมีข้อกังขาในเรื่องนี้

Word by Word

• dhātrī-drume: on/in the āmalakī tree
• dhātrī-drume: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhātrī (प्रातिपदिक) + druma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (धात्री-नामकस्य द्रुमः); पुल्लिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thus)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (just/indeed)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन

• bhavati: arises/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ropite: when (it is) planted
• ropite: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ropita (कृदन्त; √ruh/ropaya causative)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी/अधिकरणे (when planted)

• tulasī-ropaṇe: in the planting of tulasī
• tulasī-ropaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulasī (प्रातिपदिक) + ropaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √ruh/ropaya + ल्युट्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तुलस्याः रोपणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed)

• adhikam: greater
• adhikam: Karta (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (phalam understood)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also)

• suvrata: O good-vowed one
• suvrata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं व्रतम् यस्य/सु-व्रतः); पुल्लिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन) एकवचन

• amaratvam: immortality
• amaratvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amaratva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन

• yānti: attain/go to
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (not)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here/in this matter)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Karta (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय; 'to be done'); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vicāraṇā)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक; √car + णिच्/णिच्? nominal)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī-ropana/Dhātrī-ropana merit within Dvārakā/Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with disciplined demeanor plants a Tulasī in a raised altar (tulasī-vṛndāvana) and an āmalakī sapling nearby; a luminous, nectar-like aura rises, symbolizing amṛtatva; Vishnu’s presence is subtly implied while the kṣetra landscape remains coastal.

Characters & Entities

• Dhātrī (Āmalakī)
• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional ecology—planting and honoring sacred plants like Tulasī is portrayed as a direct path to exalted spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs in the Dvārakā-māhātmya context, linking sacred acts to Dvārakā’s religious greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Plant dhātrī (āmalakī) and especially plant Tulasī; Tulasī-ropaṇa is said to yield superior merit.