Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पश्यतां तापसानां च विमाने सार्वकामिके । आरोप्य तं पारिषदाः कैलासमनयन्मुदा

Transliteration

paśyatāṃ tāpasānāṃ ca vimāne sārvakāmike | āropya taṃ pāriṣadāḥ kailāsamanayanmudā

Translation

তপস্বীরা দেখতেই থাকল; শিবের পার্ষদগণ তাঁকে সর্বকাম-সিদ্ধিদায়ক বিমানে আরোহ করিয়ে আনন্দসহকারে কৈলাসে নিয়ে গেলেন।

Word by Word

• पश्यताम्: of those watching
• पश्यताम्: Adhikarana (Genitive absolute/सप्तमीसमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दृश्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle) 'seeing'; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive absolute sense: 'while ... were watching')

• तापसानाम्: of the ascetics
• तापसानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• विमाने: in the aerial car
• विमाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सार्वकामिके: wish-fulfilling; granting all desires
• सार्वकामिके: Adhikarana (Qualifier of location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वकामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विमाने)

• आरोप्य: having seated/placed (him)
• आरोप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having made (him) mount/placed upon'

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• पारिषदाः: attendants (of Śiva)
• पारिषदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिषद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनयन्: led/brought
• अनयन्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental of manner)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (as fruit/goal)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ascetics stand astonished as Śiva’s gaṇas lift the departed guru onto a radiant, wish-fulfilling vimāna. The chariot rises through clouds toward snow-peaked Kailāsa, suffused with joy.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Pāriṣadas (Śiva’s attendants)
• Ascetics (tāpasas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace completes the pilgrim’s journey: the righteous are escorted to Śiva’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is highlighted as Śiva’s supreme abode, reached through tīrtha-merit within the Kedāra cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse depicts the fruit (phala) of sanctified life and pilgrimage—being led to Kailāsa.