Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एवं परस्परं प्रेम्णा दंपत्योर्भाषमाणयोः । प्रादुरासीत्तयोरग्रे विमानं दिव्यमद्भुतम्

Transliteration

evaṃ parasparaṃ premṇā daṃpatyorbhāṣamāṇayoḥ | prādurāsīttayoragre vimānaṃ divyamadbhutam

Translation

As husband and wife thus spoke to one another in affection, there appeared before them a wondrous, divine vimāna—an aerial chariot.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Sambandha (Reciprocity/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: परस्पर-शब्दः क्रियाविशेषणवत् (reciprocally)

• प्रेम्णा: with affection
• प्रेम्णा: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दंपत्योः: of the couple
• दंपत्योः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th Gen/Loc), द्विवचन

• भाषमाणयोः: (of the two) speaking
• भाषमाणयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाष् (धातु) → भाषमाण (कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-आत्मनेपद)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada); षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th Gen/Loc), द्विवचन

• प्रादुः: manifest / forth
• प्रादुः: Sambandha (Aspect/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रादुर्भावार्थक-अव्यय (manifestly/appearing)

• आसीत्: was / appeared
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तयोः: of them / for them
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th Gen/Loc), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् ‘in front’

• विमानम्: a celestial chariot
• विमानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A loving couple converses; suddenly a radiant divine vimāna materializes in the sky before them, casting moonlike light; their faces shift from affection to awe.

Characters & Entities

• Niṣāda/Śabara couple
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loving steadiness and shared devotion ripen into divine guidance—symbolized by the arrival of the vimāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the divine result (appearance of a vimāna).