Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

दिव्याभरणसंपन्नो दिव्यभोगसमन्वितः । नंदनादिवने स्वैरं देववत्स प्रमोदते

Transliteration

divyābharaṇasaṃpanno divyabhogasamanvitaḥ | naṃdanādivane svairaṃ devavatsa pramodate

Translation

Mit himmlischem Schmuck geziert und mit göttlichen Genüssen ausgestattet, erfreut er sich frei im Nandana und in anderen göttlichen Hainen, wahrlich wie ein Gott.

Word by Word

• divya-ābharaṇa-saṃpannaḥ: endowed with divine ornaments
• divya-ābharaṇa-saṃpannaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सः इति) विशेषणम्; Nominative singular masculine

• divya-bhoga-samanvitaḥ: accompanied by divine enjoyments
• divya-bhoga-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सः इति) विशेषणम्; Nominative singular masculine

• naṃdana-ādi-vane: in Nandana and other groves
• naṃdana-ādi-vane: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdana (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण; Locative singular

• svairam: freely
• svairam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोगः (नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचनरूपेण); adverb ‘freely/at will’

• deva-vat: like a god
• deva-vat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: तद्धितान्त अव्यय; उपमानवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्; ‘like a god’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता; Nominative singular

• pramodate: rejoices
• pramodate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mud (धातु) उपसर्गः pra-
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd sg.

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandana-vana (svarga-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sage (muni)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous celestial garden with kalpavṛkṣas, apsarās in the distance, and a newly-arrived devotee wearing divine ornaments, moving freely among flowering groves under Indra’s radiant sky.

Characters & Entities

• Nandana (celestial grove)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma frames sacred practice as yielding tangible post-mortem rewards, culminating in divine-like joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Gaṅgā stotra context; the immediate imagery shifts to Svarga’s Nandana grove as the fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the promised result belongs to the prior praised japa/stotra practice in this adhyāya.