Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तत्र दिव्याप्सरोभिस्तु वीज्यमानोऽथ चामरैः । क्रीडते सुचिरं कालं जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः

Transliteration

tatra divyāpsarobhistu vījyamāno'tha cāmaraiḥ | krīḍate suciraṃ kālaṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ

Translation

Là, éventé par les apsaras divines avec des chāmaras de queue de yak, il se divertit durant un très long temps, au milieu de fêtes propices qui s’ouvrent par les cris de « Victoire ! ».

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे (विशेषण), प्रथमा/तृतीया बहुवचनानुरूपम्; अत्र समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्त-विभक्ति — adjective used as qualifier in compound

• अप्सरोभिः: by apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/समुच्चयार्थ-व्यतिरेकसूचक) — particle

• वीज्यमानः: being fanned
• वीज्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वीज् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्-प्रत्ययः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — present passive participle ‘being fanned’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक) — indeclinable ‘then/now’

• चामरैः: with yak-tail fans
• चामरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• क्रीडते: plays/sports
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — present indicative, 3rd sg.

• सुचिरम्: for a very long (time)
• सुचिरम्: Kaaladhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative used adverbially (कालपरिमाण)

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Kaaladhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative of duration

• जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः: with auspicious cries beginning with ‘jaya’
• जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः: Karana (Instrument/Accompaniment/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; समासः: (जय-शब्द)-आदि-मङ्गल = ‘auspicious (things) beginning with cries of victory’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: heaven-reward phala-śruti narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as ‘rājendra’ in the surrounding passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial court: the meritorious pilgrim honored in svarga, apsarases fanning him with cāmara, surrounded by banners and attendants chanting ‘Jaya!’ amid festive music.

Characters & Entities

• Apsaras
• Cāmara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic phala-śruti uses celestial imagery to affirm that dharmic pilgrimage and devotion yield exalted, auspicious states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context continues; the verse describes the heavenly consequence of the earlier tīrtha rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; it elaborates the reward (phala) following the prescribed snāna, pūjā, and dāna.