Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
चंपकैर्बकुलैर्दिव्यैरशोकैः स्तबकैः परैः । पुन्नागैः किंकिरातैश्च सुगन्धैर्नागकेसरैः
caṃpakairbakulairdivyairaśokaiḥ stabakaiḥ paraiḥ | punnāgaiḥ kiṃkirātaiśca sugandhairnāgakesaraiḥ
وہ دیویہ چمپک اور بکول کے درختوں سے، عالی شان اشوک اور پھولوں کے خوشہ ہائے دلکش سے؛ پُنّناگ اور کِنکِرات سے، اور خوشبودار ناگ کیسر سے بھی مزین ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)
Tirtha: Mahāsiddhivana (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close, sensuous view of the grove: campaka and bakula trees heavy with blossoms; aśoka branches with dense flower clusters; punnāga and nāgakesara adding golden-white blooms; the air visibly ‘perfumed’ in artistic metaphor.
FAQs
The abundance of auspicious, fragrant flora is used to signify the purity and divine favor of the kṣetra.
The forested environs of Devikā/Kāmika kṣetra within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; it is a descriptive celebration of the sacred landscape.