Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा मधूपलस्वादैः सर्वकामप्रदायका । यत्र स्त्रीपुरुषाणां च कल्पवृक्षा गृहे स्थिताः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭavā madhūpalasvādaiḥ sarvakāmapradāyakā | yatra strīpuruṣāṇāṃ ca kalpavṛkṣā gṛhe sthitāḥ

Translation

وہاں شہد اور شکر جیسی مٹھاس والی عجائب نعمتیں ہیں جو ہر آرزو عطا کرتی ہیں؛ اور وہاں عورتوں اور مردوں دونوں کے لیے کَلپ وَرِکش (مراد برآور درخت) ان کے اپنے گھروں میں قائم ہیں۔

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Non-finite/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having seen’

• madhu-upala-svādaiḥ: with honey-like sweetness
• madhu-upala-svādaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक) + upala (प्रातिपदिक) + svāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instr pl); ‘with honey(-like) sweetness’ (lit. honey-stone-sweetnesses)

• sarva-kāma-pradāyakāḥ: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradāyakāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण: ‘granting all desires’

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb): यत्र = ‘where’

• strī-puruṣāṇām: of women and men
• strī-puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (द्वन्द्व-समासे), षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen pl): ‘of women and men’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च = ‘and’

• kalpavṛkṣāḥ: wish-fulfilling trees
• kalpavṛkṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpavṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• gṛhe: in the house/home
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neut loc sg)

• sthitāḥ: are situated
• sthitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘are situated/stand’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Plakṣadvīpa (abundance zone within cosmography)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant settlement where every house contains a wish-fulfilling tree; fruits and blossoms gleam with honey-sugar sweetness, and people—women and men—live in effortless contentment amid divine abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpavṛkṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic abundance imagery teaches that higher realms reflect the fruition of merit; fulfillment is shown as effortless where dharma is perfected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific earthly tīrtha is identified; the verse continues describing extraordinary features of a cosmographic realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.