Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

आयांति देवताः सर्वे चिह्नं तस्य निरीक्षितुम् । विमानवृन्दैर्नेतव्यः कदासौ पुरुषोत्तमः

Transliteration

āyāṃti devatāḥ sarve cihnaṃ tasya nirīkṣitum | vimānavṛndairnetavyaḥ kadāsau puruṣottamaḥ

Translation

„Alle Götter kommen, um das Zeichen eines solchen zu schauen. ‚Wann wird jener vortreffliche Mann von Scharen himmlischer Wagen (Vimānas) in die göttliche Sphäre getragen werden?‘“

Word by Word

• आयान्ति: they come
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• चिह्नम्: the sign/mark
• चिह्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular)

• निरीक्षितुम्: to behold/inspect
• निरीक्षितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable infinitive)

• विमानवृन्दैः: by groups of aerial chariots
• विमानवृन्दैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन (plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vimānānāṃ vṛndaiḥ)

• नेतव्यः: is to be led/carried
• नेतव्यः: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• कदा: when?
• कदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• पुरुषोत्तमः: the supreme person
• पुरुषोत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (uttamaḥ puruṣaḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (continuation of the praise narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (implied locus of the devotee)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gods descend in the sky, forming a luminous assembly above a secluded hermitage; they gaze upon the devotee’s auspicious ‘sign’ while celestial vimānas hover, awaiting his departure.

Characters & Entities

• Devatāḥ
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion earns divine recognition; even the gods honor the devotee and anticipate his ascent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The glorification belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; it continues the result (phala) of prior Śiva-centered practice.