Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

वसुसेनोऽपि संप्राप्य स्वर्गं दानप्रभावतः । दिव्यांबरधरो भूत्वा दिव्यरत्नैर्विभूषितः

Transliteration

vasuseno'pi saṃprāpya svargaṃ dānaprabhāvataḥ | divyāṃbaradharo bhūtvā divyaratnairvibhūṣitaḥ

Translation

وفاسوسينا أيضًا، بقوة عطائه (دانا)، نال السماء؛ فصار لابسًا أقمشةً سماوية، متزيّنًا بجواهر إلهية.

Word by Word

• वसुसेनः: Vasusena
• वसुसेनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu-sena (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + सेना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; नाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-भाव) = particle 'also/even'

• संप्राप्य: having attained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्ययभाव), अव्यय = gerund 'having attained'

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Masculine, Accusative singular

• दानप्रभावतः: due to the power of giving
• दानप्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dāna + prabhāva + tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) = ablatival adverb 'due to/because of'; समास: दान-प्रभाव (genitive tatpurusha)

• दिव्यांबरधरः: wearing divine garments
• दिव्यांबरधरः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya + ambara + dhara (प्रातिपदिक; √dhṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; विशेषण (वसुसेनः)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त-अव्यय) = gerund 'having become'

• दिव्यरत्नैः: with divine jewels
• दिव्यरत्नैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya + ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन = Neuter, Instrumental plural

• विभूषितः: adorned
• विभूषितः: Kriya (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√bhūṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = past passive participle 'adorned'

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasusena rises to heaven through the power of gifts, appearing in radiant celestial attire, jeweled and luminous, welcomed into a divine realm.

Characters & Entities

• Vasusena
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with faith has tangible karmic fruit, even granting heavenly attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya framework, but this particular line emphasizes the fruit of dāna rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving) is highlighted as the efficacious religious act.