Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततो विमानमारुह्य वराप्सरःसुसेवितम् । गतौ तौ द्वावपि स्वर्गं संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहौ

Transliteration

tato vimānamāruhya varāpsaraḥsusevitam | gatau tau dvāvapi svargaṃ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhau

Translation

Dann bestiegen sie ein himmlisches Vimāna, von vortrefflichen Apsaras umsorgt, und beide gelangten in den Himmel, am ganzen Leib vor Freude erbebend.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• vimānam: the aerial car
• vimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āruhya: having mounted
• āruhya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√ruh (रुह् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे, absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• vara-apsaraḥ-su-sevitam: well-attended by excellent apsarases
• vara-apsaraḥ-su-sevitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + apsaras (प्रातिपदिक) + su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √sev (सेव् धातु)
• Form: समासान्त-विशेषण; 'सुसेवित' = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (vimānam इति विशेष्यस्य)

• gatau: went
• gatau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• dvau: two
• dvau: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण (tau)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also)

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saṃprahṛṣṭa-tanūruhau: whose body-hairs were thrilled (with joy)
• saṃprahṛṣṭa-tanūruhau: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-pra-√hṛṣ (हृष् धातु) + tanūruha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (ययोः तनूरुहाः संप्रहृष्टाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण (tau)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / king in embedded address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna descends; apsarases attend with garlands and fans; the two protagonists ascend, their skin showing romāñca (goosebumps), faces bright with joy; sky filled with light and clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Vimāna
• Apsarases
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and dharma-bearing acts ripen into auspicious posthumous states, portrayed here as ascent to svarga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The reward narrative is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya stream.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it states the fruit (phala) of the preceding dhārmic conduct.