Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

दिव्याभरणसंपन्नो दिव्यभोगसमन्वितः । नंदनादिवने स्वैरं देववत्स प्रमोदते

Transliteration

divyābharaṇasaṃpanno divyabhogasamanvitaḥ | naṃdanādivane svairaṃ devavatsa pramodate

Translation

Adorned with heavenly ornaments and endowed with celestial enjoyments, one rejoices freely in Nandana and other divine groves, like a god indeed.

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.