Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एते वृक्षा महाश्रेष्ठाः सर्वे देवांशसंभवाः । एतेषां स्पर्शनादेव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

ete vṛkṣā mahāśreṣṭhāḥ sarve devāṃśasaṃbhavāḥ | eteṣāṃ sparśanādeva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

یہ درخت نہایت برتر ہیں؛ سب دیوتاؤں کے ایک ایک حصے سے پیدا ہوئے ہیں۔ انہیں محض چھو لینے سے ہی انسان تمام گناہوں سے رہائی پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• vṛkṣāḥ: trees
• vṛkṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• mahā-śreṣṭhāḥ: very excellent
• mahā-śreṣṭhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महान्तः श्रेष्ठाः) विशेषण (vṛkṣāḥ)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (vṛkṣāḥ)

• deva-aṃśa-saṃbhavāḥ: born from the gods’ portions
• deva-aṃśa-saṃbhavāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् अंशः; तस्मात् सम्भवः) विशेषण (vṛkṣāḥ)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• sparśanāt: from (their) touch
• sparśanāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (from touching)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (just/only)

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• pramucyate: is freed
• pramucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is released)

Speaker

Deductive (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-aṃśa Vṛkṣa-kṣetra (Mandara grove trees)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and devas gently place palms on ancient trunks; the bark glows with subtle divine sigils; a stream of dark ‘pāpa’ smoke dissolves into light as contact is made.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Sacred trees

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nature, especially sacred trees, is a vessel of divine presence; respectful contact and service becomes a means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the sacred grove/tree-presence within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; a specific named tīrtha is not provided here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sparśa (reverent touching) and by extension service/worship of these sacred trees is recommended for pāpa-kṣaya.