Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
वृक्षाश्च विविधाकाराः पत्रपुष्पफलान्विताः । सदा तत्र भविष्यंति मृगाश्च विहगाः शुभाः
vṛkṣāśca vividhākārāḥ patrapuṣpaphalānvitāḥ | sadā tatra bhaviṣyaṃti mṛgāśca vihagāḥ śubhāḥ
“طرح طرح کے درخت، پتے، پھول اور پھل سے بھرپور، وہاں ہمیشہ رہیں گے؛ اور نیک فال جانور اور پرندے بھی وہیں بسیں گے۔”
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (sacred grove ecology as kṣetra-lakṣaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandivardhana (and Arbuda as addressed mountain)
Scene: A transformed Arbuda: varied trees heavy with leaves, blossoms, and fruits; deer and other gentle beasts; auspicious birds perched and in flight; the atmosphere serene and life-giving.
FAQs
When a place becomes dharmic and divine, nature itself turns auspicious—fertility, beauty, and harmony arise.
Arbuda mountain-region is presented as becoming a permanent sacred habitat.
None; the verse focuses on the signs of sanctity manifested as flourishing nature.