गन्धवंति च पुष्पाणि रसवंति फलानि च । आस्कन्धफलिनो वृक्षाः पुटके पुटके मधु
gandhavaṃti ca puṣpāṇi rasavaṃti phalāni ca | āskandhaphalino vṛkṣāḥ puṭake puṭake madhu
پھول خوشبو دار تھے اور پھل رس سے بھرپور۔ درخت تنے تک پھلوں سے لدے رہتے، اور ہر کھوکھلے پن اور ہر سوراخ میں شہد ہی شہد تھا۔
Sārasvata (continuing narration)
Scene: A luxuriant grove: intensely fragrant blossoms, ripe fruits gleaming with juice; trees laden from trunk to branch; honey glistening in every hollow; bees hovering in calm abundance.
The text links righteous order with natural plenitude, presenting abundance as a sign of harmony between rule, people, and the cosmos.
The verse is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, using ideal landscape imagery to heighten the kṣetra’s sacred narrative.
None; it is descriptive, not prescriptive.
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