Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

पक्षिणो मधुरारावाश्चकोरशिखिचातकाः । कोकिला धार्तराष्ट्राश्च भ्रमराः श्वेतपत्रकाः

Transliteration

pakṣiṇo madhurārāvāścakoraśikhicātakāḥ | kokilā dhārtarāṣṭrāśca bhramarāḥ śvetapatrakāḥ

Translation

وہاں شیریں آواز پرندے تھے—چکور، شِکھی (مور) اور چاتک؛ کوئلیں بھی، ساتھ ہی دھارتراشٹر پرندے، اور بھنورے، اور سفید پروں والے پرندے بھی۔

Word by Word

• pakṣiṇaḥ: birds
• pakṣiṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• madhura-ārāvāḥ: sweet-sounding
• madhura-ārāvāḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक) + ārāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (मधुरः आरावः यस्य)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• cakora-śikhi-cātakāḥ: cakoras, peacocks, and cātakas
• cakora-śikhi-cātakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakora (प्रातिपदिक) + śikhin (प्रातिपदिक) + cātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (चकोराः च शिखिनः च चातकाः च)

• kokilāḥ: cuckoos
• kokilāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kokilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ: dhārtarāṣṭra-birds
• dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārtarāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; जातिवाचक (a kind of bird)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• bhramarāḥ: bees
• bhramarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhramara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• śveta-patrakāḥ: white-winged/white-feathered (ones)
• śveta-patrakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + patraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्वेतं पत्रकं येषाम्)

Speaker

Narrator (descriptive māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flowering forest on Arbuda alive with cakora birds, peacocks, cātakas, cuckoos, dhārtarāṣṭra birds, bees, and white-feathered birds; the scene emphasizes movement—fluttering wings, peacock display, bees hovering over blossoms.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda-parvata
• Cakora
• Śikhi (Peacock)
• Cātaka
• Kokila
• Bhramara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a sanctified place, even sound (birdsong) becomes a sign of harmony, purity, and dharmic delight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Arbuda and its auspicious natural soundscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.