Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

रसालयं रसालैस्तैरशोकैः शोकहारिणाम् । तालैस्तमालेर्हिंतालैः सालैः सर्वत्रशालितम्

Transliteration

rasālayaṃ rasālaistairaśokaiḥ śokahāriṇām | tālaistamālerhiṃtālaiḥ sālaiḥ sarvatraśālitam

Translation

وہ آموں کا باغ تھا، آم کے درختوں اور اشوک کے درختوں سے بھرا ہوا جو غم دور کرتے ہیں؛ ہر طرف تال، تمّال، ہِنتال اور سال کے درختوں کی آرائش تھی۔

Word by Word

• रसालयम्: mango-grove / abode of mangoes
• रसालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रसालैः: with mango trees
• रसालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karana-anvaya (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (अशोकैः)

• अशोकैः: with aśoka trees
• अशोकैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शोकहारिणाम्: of (those) that remove sorrow
• शोकहारिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शोकं हरन्ति ये); विशेषणम् (अशोकानाम्)

• तालैः: with palmyra trees
• तालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तमालैः: with tamāla trees
• तमालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हिंतालैः: with hiṃtāla trees
• हिंतालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सालैः: with sāla trees
• सालैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Desha-adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• शालितम्: filled/abounding (with)
• शालितम्: Karma-anvaya (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शालित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √शाल्/शालि-भाव)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle-like adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (रसालयम्) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense, fragrant grove: mango clusters, aśoka blossoms, tall palms, dark tamāla trees, hiṃtāla and śāla; dappled light on a forest path where Nārada passes or pauses in contemplation.

Characters & Entities

• Aśoka tree
• Mango (rasāla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy regions are portrayed as naturally auspicious; even the grove’s flora symbolizes sorrow-removal and благоприятность.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred woodland tract within the Revā–Vindhya pilgrimage landscape described in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative lead-in.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive evocation of the sanctity of place through its grove.