Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णं लतागुल्मोपशोभितम् । नानापुष्पफलो पेतं कदलीखंडमंडितम्

Transliteration

nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ latāgulmopaśobhitam | nānāpuṣpaphalo petaṃ kadalīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam

Translation

وہ جگہ طرح طرح کے درختوں سے بھری ہوئی تھی، بیلوں اور جھاڑیوں سے آراستہ؛ گوناگوں پھولوں اور پھلوں سے لبریز، اور کیلے کے جھنڈوں سے مزین تھی۔

Word by Word

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), विशेषणार्थे (used adjectivally): ‘various’

• वृक्ष: trees
• वृक्ष: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• समाकीर्णम्: crowded/filled
• समाकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √कॄ (किर्) (धातु) → समाकीर्ण (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘filled, crowded’

• लता: creepers
• लता: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• गुल्म: shrubs
• गुल्म: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• उपशोभितम्: adorned
• उपशोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √शुभ् (धातु) → उपशोभित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘adorned/beautified’

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), विशेषणार्थे: ‘various’

• पुष्प: flowers
• पुष्प: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• फल: fruits
• फल: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• उपेतम्: endowed with
• उपेतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √इ (धातु) → उपेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘endowed with, possessed of’

• कदली: banana plants
• कदली: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• खण्ड: sections/clumps
• खण्ड: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (stem in compound)

• मण्डितम्: decorated
• मण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मण्ड् (धातु) → मण्डित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘decorated’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense sacred forest-garden: many tree species interwoven with creepers and shrubs; heavy clusters of flowers and fruits; prominent plantain groves framing a tranquil path.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (contextual landscape near the tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are depicted as harmonizing nature and spirituality; the flourishing tīrtha-forest mirrors the auspiciousness and purity of the site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred environs near the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha being described (contextually around Śukla-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides a māhātmya-style landscape description to inspire pilgrimage and reverence.