Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

नंदनादीनि रम्याणि तत्र देववनानि च । अनन्यसदृशा भोगाः सदा तृप्तिर्द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

naṃdanādīni ramyāṇi tatra devavanāni ca | ananyasadṛśā bhogāḥ sadā tṛptirdvijottama

Translation

“وہاں نندن وغیرہ کے دلکش دیویہ باغات اور دیوتاؤں کے جنگل ہیں۔ اے برہمنوں کے سردار! وہاں بے مثال بھوگ ہیں اور ہمیشہ کی تسکین ہے۔”

Word by Word

• नन्दनादीनि: Nandana and other (groves/places)
• नन्दनादीनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दन + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘नन्दन-आदि’ इति समासः (आदिशब्देन समाहारः)

• रम्याणि: beautiful, delightful
• रम्याणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (नन्दनादीनि इत्यस्य)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• देववनानि: divine forests
• देववनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘देवानां वनानि’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अनन्यसदृशाः: unmatched, without equal
• अनन्यसदृशाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्य + सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भोगाः इत्यस्य); नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (‘अन्येन न सदृशाः’)

• भोगाः: enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction, contentment
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘द्विजः स उत्तमः’)

Speaker

Indra (contextual promise/description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhrada (with surrounding devavanās)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed as ‘O best of brāhmaṇas’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of lush divine groves—flowering trees, celestial birds, fragrant breezes—surrounding a sacred lake; pilgrims/sages experience unceasing satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Nandana (divine garden)
• Deva-vanas
• Mudgala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Heavenly pleasures are portrayed as abundant yet still part of saṃsāric reward—contrasting with the sage’s higher aim of mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself describes celestial realms; within the chapter it supports the broader Māmuhrada tīrtha narrative by contrasting rewards.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.