Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

बहुद्रुमलताकीर्णं बहुपुष्पोपशोभितम् । ऋक्षसिंहसमाकीर्णं नानाव्रतधरैः शुभैः

Transliteration

bahudrumalatākīrṇaṃ bahupuṣpopaśobhitam | ṛkṣasiṃhasamākīrṇaṃ nānāvratadharaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

وہ جگہ بہت سے درختوں اور بیلوں سے گھری ہوئی، اور کثرتِ گل سے آراستہ تھی۔ وہاں ریچھ اور شیر آتے جاتے تھے، اور طرح طرح کے ورت رکھنے والے نیک تپسوی بھی موجود تھے۔

Word by Word

• बहुद्रुमलताकीर्णम्: strewn with many trees and creepers
• बहुद्रुमलताकीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-द्रुम-लता-कीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + द्रुम + लता + कीर्ण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (describing the place/scene)

• बहुपुष्पोपशोभितम्: adorned with many flowers
• बहुपुष्पोपशोभितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-पुष्प-उपशोभित (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + पुष्प + उपशोभित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• ऋक्षसिंहसमाकीर्णम्: filled with bears and lions
• ऋक्षसिंहसमाकीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋक्ष-सिंह-समाकीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; ऋक्ष + सिंह + समाकीर्ण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• नानाव्रतधरैः: by/with those observing various vows
• नानाव्रतधरैः: Karana (Instrument/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना-व्रत-धर (प्रातिपदिक; नाना + व्रत + धर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुभैः: auspicious, holy
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of नानाव्रतधरैः

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arvāk-tīrtha (descriptive mahatmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flowering forest by the river: dense trees and creepers, carpets of blossoms; bears and lions roam at the margins while vow-bearing ascetics move serenely through the grove.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija-vratins (ascetics)
• Forest fauna (bears, lions)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is portrayed as both naturally sanctified and spiritually intensified by the presence of vow-keeping ascetics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The description applies to the sacred locale reached on the Arvāk-tīrtha/Śūlabheda route along the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata-dhāraṇa (observance of vows) is referenced through the presence of nānā-vrata-dharas.