Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तेऽपि यान्ति विमानेन सिद्धचारणसेविताः । घण्टा चैव पताका च विमाने पुष्पमालिका

Transliteration

te'pi yānti vimānena siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ | ghaṇṭā caiva patākā ca vimāne puṣpamālikā

Translation

Eux aussi s’en vont dans un char céleste, honorés par les Siddhas et les Cāraṇas; sur ce véhicule aérien se trouvent cloches et étendards, et guirlandes de fleurs—

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• विमानेन: by an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• सिद्ध-चारण-सेविताः: served/attended by Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• सिद्ध-चारण-सेविताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + चारण (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवित (कृदन्त; सेव् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययः) ‘सेवित’; समासः: (सिद्धाश्च चारणाश्च) तैः सेविताः = तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः

• घण्टा: a bell
• घण्टा: Karta/Item listed (उद्देश्य/पदार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पताका: a banner/flag
• पताका: Karta/Item listed (उद्देश्य/पदार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विमाने: in the aerial car
• विमाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• पुष्प-मालिका: a garland of flowers
• पुष्प-मालिका: Karta/Item listed (उद्देश्य/पदार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + मालिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुष्पाणां मालिका)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Adhyāya context; later verse says “śivabhāṣitam”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍaveśvara / Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna rises skyward; Siddhas and Cāraṇas hover around singing; the chariot is adorned with bells, banners, and flower garlands, conveying triumphal sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Siddha
• Cāraṇa
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through dharmic, tīrtha-centered worship culminates in an honored, luminous passage after death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) region’s Māṇḍaveśvara/Māṇḍavya-Nārāyaṇa sacred setting within Revā Khaṇḍa is the implied context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; it describes the reward (phala) of prior worship/vrata performed in the chapter’s context.