Skandapurana 7.4.52_96

7.4.52_96

mayūracātakopetaṃ haṃsacakrāhvasaṃkulam .
sārasaiḥ khañjarīṭaiśca hārītaiścābhināditam . . 3 5. .
jīvaṃ jīvasamākīrṇaṃ34 mahiṣarkṣasamākulam .
siṃhaśārdūlacaritaṃ35 śarabhebhasamākulam . .3 66. .
merumandarasaṃkāśaṃ sarvapuṇyaphalapradam36 .
ramyaṃ svargamivāgamyaṃ pāpānāṃ37 krūrakarmaṇām38 ..37. .
śriyā svalaṃkṛtaṃ sākṣā39 dudyānamiva satkṛtam .
tatra kecinmadhuphalā vṛkṣāḥ sarvartukāmadāḥ40 . . 38. .
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26 sphaṭikotpalameva ca - ga. . 27. nmaṇicchi (śi) lāśṛṅgaṃ - ga, manacchi - kha . 28 śalatālata- mālaiśca - kha. ga . 29.. tamuktakaiḥ - kha gha . 30 bhavaiḥ - gha., dhavaiḥ. (?) . 31 maṃju - gha. . 32 prasavanaiścaiva - kha. . 33... bhāṣaiḥ - - kha. . 38 jīvaṃjīvakasaṃkīrṇaṃ - gha. . 35.?. citaṃ - ga. . 36 sarvapuṣpaphalapradam - kha. gha. . 37 pāpinā - kha . 38 krūrakārmiṇām - kha. ga . 39 śriyālaṃkṛtāmā- vāsaṃ - gha.. svayaṃ kṛtāvāsa (?), svalaṃkṛtāvāsaṃ - kha ga . 40 sarvatra kāmadāḥ - kha gha. .
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apare kṣīriṇo nāma vṛkṣāstatra manoramāḥ .
apare sarvapuṣpāṇi phalāni ca mahīruhāḥ ..3 9 . .
puṣpyante41 ca phalante ca kāñcanāścāpare drumāḥ .
phalanti bhakṣyāṇyapare42 bhojanāni43 ca sarvaśaḥ44 ..8.34.4 0 . .
mānuṣyāṇyatha divyāni ṣaḍrasāni mahādrumāḥ .
vastrāṇyanye prasūyante phaleṣvābharaṇāni ca45 . .41 ..

accompanied by peacocks and cātakas, crowded with swans and cakravākas, / made to resound by cranes, wagtails, and green pigeons,
teeming with jīvañjīvaka birds, crowded with buffaloes and bears, / frequented by lions and tigers, and filled with śarabhas and elephants;
resembling Meru and Mandara, bestowing the fruit of all merit, / delightful, like heaven inaccessible to sinners of cruel deeds,
adorned with fortune like a true, honored pleasure-garden. / There, some were trees with honeyed fruits, granting all desires in all seasons;
others were lovely trees named kṣīrin; / other trees bore all flowers and fruits;
other trees flowered and bore fruit of gold; / others produced all kinds of edible dishes and foods everywhere;
great trees produced human and heavenly things of the six tastes; / others brought forth garments and ornaments among their fruits.