Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

विमानेनार्कवर्णेन ह्यप्सरोगणसंवृतः । गीयमानस्तु गन्धर्वैर्रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

vimānenārkavarṇena hyapsarogaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ | gīyamānastu gandharvairrudralokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

Surrounded by hosts of apsarases and praised in song by gandharvas, he goes to Rudra’s world in a sun-hued celestial chariot.

Word by Word

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• अर्कवर्णेन: of sun-like color
• अर्कवर्णेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अर्कस्य वर्णः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• अप्सरोगणसंवृतः: surrounded by hosts of apsarases
• अप्सरोगणसंवृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्सरस् + गण + सम्-वृत (धातु √वृ/वृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रत्ययार्थः ‘संवृत’ = surrounded); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषसमासः (अप्सरोगणैः संवृतः)

• गीयमानः: being sung/praised
• गीयमानः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गी (धातु √गै)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• गन्धर्वैः: by gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

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

• गच्छति: goes/attains
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śikhitīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, sun-colored celestial chariot descends; the devotee ascends amid apsarases; gandharvas sing, leading toward Rudra’s luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Rudraloka
• Apsarases
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship at a tīrtha yields exalted spiritual fruition, depicted as ascent to Rudra’s divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The fruit is connected to the preceding rite at Śikhitīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it states the phala (result) of the previously described snāna, tarpaṇa, dāna, and Śiva-pūjā.