Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णं किन्नरैरुपशोभितम् । चंदनागुरुकर्पूरैरशोकैस्तिलकैः शुभैः

Transliteration

yakṣavidyādharākīrṇaṃ kinnarairupaśobhitam | caṃdanāgurukarpūrairaśokaistilakaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

وہ مقام یَکشوں اور وِدیادھروں سے بھرا ہوا تھا اور کِنّروں کی زیبائش سے آراستہ؛ چندن، اَگرو اور کافور کی خوشبو سے معطر، اور مبارک اَشوکا اور تِلک کے درختوں سے مزین تھا۔

Word by Word

• यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णम्: filled with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas
• यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक) + आकीर्ण (आ-कीर् (धातु) + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतम् इति); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः—यक्ष-विद्याधरैः आकीर्णम् (filled with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas)

• किन्नरैः: by Kinnaras
• किन्नरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उपशोभितम्: adorned
• उपशोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतम् इति)

• चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरैः: with sandalwood, agaru, and camphor
• चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + अगुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (sandalwood, agaru, and camphor)

• अशोकैः: with aśoka trees
• अशोकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तिलकैः: with tilaka trees/plants
• तिलकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शुभैः: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (चन्दनादिभिः/अशोकादिभिः)

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator voice as given in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred grove in Prabhāsa: Yakṣas and Vidyādharas moving among perfumed trees; Kinnaras ornamenting the scene; air heavy with sandal, agaru, and camphor; aśoka and tilaka trees framing a luminous tīrtha-landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣas
• Vidyādharas
• Kinnaras
• Candanā (sandal)
• Agaru
• Karpūra (camphor)
• Aśoka (tree)
• Tilaka (tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is portrayed as a meeting-ground of the natural and the supernatural, where purity, fragrance, and beauty signify sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kṛtasmarā mountain within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a māhātmya-style eulogy of the site’s divine and auspicious environment.