Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

दिव्यरूपधरो भूत्वा गतो नाके कलापवान् । एवं तु प्रत्ययं दृष्ट्वा हनूमन्तेश्वरे नृप

Transliteration

divyarūpadharo bhūtvā gato nāke kalāpavān | evaṃ tu pratyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā hanūmanteśvare nṛpa

Translation

Tomando una forma divina, fue al cielo, resplandeciente de esplendor. Al ver tal prueba, oh rey, (esto se presenció) en Hanūmanteśvara.

Word by Word

• दिव्यरूपधरः: one bearing a divine form
• दिव्यरूपधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + रूप + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यं रूपं धरति)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having become’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाके: to/in heaven
• नाके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कलापवान्: possessing a bundle/quiver (or adornment)
• कलापवान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)

• प्रत्ययम्: proof/assurance
• प्रत्ययम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having seen’

• हनूमन्तेश्वरे: at Hanūmanteśvara
• हनूमन्तेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हनूमतः ईश्वरः)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing the king (nṛpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) within the story-frame; also earlier addressed ‘Pāṇḍava’ in the sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Hanūmanteśvara, a figure becomes divinely radiant, his human form transfiguring into a celestial body; he rises skyward toward svarga, leaving onlookers astonished as the shrine stands firm on the riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmanteśvara
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places provide pratyaya—tangible assurance—that dharmic rites uplift the soul toward a divine state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmanteśvara, a revered tīrtha-site in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it confirms the fruit of the earlier rite through visible proof at Hanūmanteśvara.