Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 168
पालाशं पात्रमादाय च्छिन्नदग्धप्ररोहणम् । दोग्धा तु पुष्पितः शालः प्लक्षो वत्सो यशस्विनि । सर्वकामदुघा दोग्धा पृथिवी भूतभाविनी
pālāśaṃ pātramādāya cchinnadagdhaprarohaṇam | dogdhā tu puṣpitaḥ śālaḥ plakṣo vatso yaśasvini | sarvakāmadughā dogdhā pṛthivī bhūtabhāvinī
ครั้นนำภาชนะทำด้วยไม้ปาลาศะ—ซึ่งแม้ถูกตัดหรือเผาก็ยังแตกหน่อได้อีก—ต้นศาลที่กำลังออกดอกเป็นผู้รีดน้ำนม และต้นปลักษะเป็นลูกวัว โอ้ผู้ทรงเกียรติ ดังนี้พระปฤถวี ผู้บังเกิดสรรพสัตว์ ถูกรีดในฐานะผู้ประทานสิ่งพึงปรารถนาทุกประการ
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yashasvinī/Devī (as addressed)
Scene: A palāśa-wood vessel—symbol of resprouting vitality—is held ready. A flowering śāla tree is personified as the milker; the plakṣa stands as the calf. The Earth, mother of beings, yields a luminous stream of ‘all-desires’ bounty—flowers, fruits, grains, and auspicious substances.
FAQs
The Earth is celebrated as a wish-fulfilling nourisher when approached through dharmic harmony with nature.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the textual setting; this verse highlights sacred ecology (trees) as part of the kṣetra’s sanctifying worldview.
No direct ritual; however, the prominence of sacred trees supports dharmic ideals of honoring and protecting life-sustaining flora.