Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
नारदोनाम गन्धर्वो रंभा चैव वराप्सराः । एते पूज्याः प्रयत्नेन प्लक्षोनाम महाद्रुमः
nāradonāma gandharvo raṃbhā caiva varāpsarāḥ | ete pūjyāḥ prayatnena plakṣonāma mahādrumaḥ
نارد نامی گندھرو اور رمبھا نامی برتر اپسرا—ان کی پوری کوشش سے پوجا کرنی چاہیے؛ اور پلاکش نامی عظیم درخت کی بھی۔
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Plakṣa (sacred tree in Dvārakā-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Scene: A devotional scene beneath a vast Plakṣa tree: pilgrims offering flowers and water; a luminous Gandharva named Nārada (distinct from the sage) with vīṇā-like musical aura, and Rambhā as a graceful apsaras, both depicted as sanctified presences rather than performers.
FAQs
In tīrtha-dharma, devotion extends beyond temples to sacred beings and even holy trees—nature itself is part of the sanctified kṣetra.
Dvārakā, with attention to its revered presences including a sacred Plakṣa tree within the kṣetra.
Worship (pūjā) is explicitly recommended—“ete pūjyāḥ prayatnena,” indicating careful veneration of these presences.