Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सा चैव सुदती तत्र पश्यमाना मनोरमान् । वनस्पतीन्विचिन्वंती विजहार सखीवृता

Transliteration

sā caiva sudatī tatra paśyamānā manoramān | vanaspatīnvicinvaṃtī vijahāra sakhīvṛtā

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น นางผู้มีฟันงามทอดพระเนตรหมู่พฤกษาอันรื่นรมย์ คัดเก็บพืชและดอกไม้ พลางเริงร่าเที่ยวเล่นท่ามกลางสหายหญิง

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सुदती: the fair-toothed (lady)
• सुदती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + दती (दत्/दन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) = सु-दती (having beautiful teeth)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पश्यमाना: seeing
• पश्यमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पश् (दृश्) (कृदन्त-शानच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle)

• मनोरमान्: beautiful, delightful
• मनोरमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वनस्पतीन्: trees, lords of the forest
• वनस्पतीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विचिन्वती: selecting, gathering
• विचिन्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√चि (चिनुते, चयने) (कृदन्त-शतृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle)

• विजहार: played, sported, enjoyed
• विजहार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√हृ (हरति)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सखीवृता: surrounded by friends
• सखीवृता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखी + वृता (परि-√वृ/√वृ) (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) = सखीभिः वृता (surrounded by friends)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (vana/upavana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A maiden with bright teeth and her companions roam a delightful grove, admiring trees and gathering blossoms and herbs in baskets, the sacred atmosphere of Prabhāsa subtly present.

Characters & Entities

• Sukanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ordinary, pleasant activities in a sacred landscape become part of a larger dhārmic narrative that reveals the unseen power of holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is descriptive narration setting the scene.