Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

विमानेनार्कवर्णेन किंकिणीजालमालिना । आग्नेये भवते तत्र मोदते कालमीप्सितम्

Transliteration

vimānenārkavarṇena kiṃkiṇījālamālinā | āgneye bhavate tatra modate kālamīpsitam

Translation

Là, monté sur un vimāna à l’éclat du soleil, paré d’un réseau de clochettes tintantes, il atteint le séjour d’Agni et s’y réjouit aussi longtemps qu’il le souhaite.

Word by Word

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

• अर्कवर्णेन: of sun-like color, golden
• अर्कवर्णेन: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; अर्क + वर्ण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular; adjective qualifying विमानेन

• किंकिणीजालमालिना: adorned with a net/array of tinkling bells
• किंकिणीजालमालिना: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किंकिणी-जाल-मालिन् (प्रातिपदिक; किंकिणी + जाल + मालिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular; adjective qualifying विमानेन

• आग्नेये: in the Agneya (fiery) world/region
• आग्नेये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आग्नेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (in Agneya-loka / the realm of Agni)

• भवते: you become / you are
• भवते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative 2nd person singular; (you) become/are

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मोदते: rejoices, delights
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present indicative 3rd person singular (he rejoices)

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular (time)

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त; √आप्/ईप्स् इच्छायाम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally; qualifying कालम्

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, sun-hued vimāna with a lattice of small bells descends near a sacred riverbank; the meritorious soul is received and carried toward Agni’s luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• vimāna
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit (puṇya) is portrayed as yielding refined posthumous attainments—uplifted realms and divine conveyances—within Purāṇic cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-mahātmya narrative context, where sacred-place merit is being explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it details the resulting destination (Agni’s realm) as a fruit (phala).