Skanda Purana 7.2.89_286

7.2.89_286

īṣadudbhinnakusumaiḥ pāṭalai142ścāpi pāṭalā143 .
saṃbabhūvurdiśaḥ sarvāḥ pavanākampimūrttibhiḥ144 ..1 24. .
kṛṣṇāñjanādriśṛṅgābhā nīlāśokamahīruhāḥ .
girau vavṛdhire phullāḥ spardhayeva 145 parasparam . .1 25 . .

All the directions became pale red with pāṭala flowers slightly blossoming, / their forms swaying in the breeze. / Blue aśoka trees, resembling the peaks of the black collyrium mountain, / flourished in full bloom upon the mountain, as if competing with one another.