Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

शाखाय तु समाश्रित्य कृतपूर्वनिबंधनम् । वसंतसमये प्राप्ते पुष्पवंतश्च ये द्रुमाः

Transliteration

śākhāya tu samāśritya kṛtapūrvanibaṃdhanam | vasaṃtasamaye prāpte puṣpavaṃtaśca ye drumāḥ

Translation

Nương tựa trên một cành—đã buộc sẵn từ trước—khi mùa xuân đến, những cây cối trĩu đầy hoa đứng khắp chung quanh.

Word by Word

• śākhāyāḥ: of the branch
• śākhāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/concessive-emphatic)

• samāśritya: having taken refuge in / having resorted to
• samāśritya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having resorted to’

• kṛta-pūrva-nibandhanam: having a previously-made fastening/binding
• kṛta-pūrva-nibandhanam: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ धातु, क्त) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + nibandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying an implied object/act)

• vasaṃta-samaye: in the spring season
• vasaṃta-samaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasaṃta (प्रातिपदिक) + samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• prāpte: when (it) had arrived
• prāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/time)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with vasaṃtasamaye

• puṣpavantaḥ: flower-bearing
• puṣpavantaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying drumāḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ye: which/who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• drumāḥ: trees
• drumāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: druma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrative voice continuing the illustrative story within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A spring grove: flowering trees heavy with blossoms; a small creature (bee) clings to a branch-tip with a prior fastening, poised to begin its work.

Characters & Entities

• Vasanta (spring)
• Druma (trees)
• Puṣpa (flowers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It sets the sacred-natural backdrop for an instructive episode, showing how dharma-teachings unfold within living landscapes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is descriptive and does not name a specific tīrtha in isolation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides narrative setting rather than a ritual command.