Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

स गच्छति विमानेन ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभः । हंसबर्हिप्रयुक्तेन सेव्यमानोऽप्सरोगणैः

Transliteration

sa gacchati vimānena jvalanārkasamaprabhaḥ | haṃsabarhiprayuktena sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ

Translation

Il s’en va dans un vimāna céleste, éclatant comme le feu et le soleil, attelé de cygnes et de paons, servi et honoré par des multitudes d’apsarās.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• विमानेन: by an aerial car (vimāna)
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभः: having a radiance equal to fire and the sun
• ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलन + अर्क + सम + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (ज्वलनार्कयोः समा प्रभा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Tatpurusha; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• हंसबर्हिप्रयुक्तेन: yoked with swans and peacocks
• हंसबर्हिप्रयुक्तेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस + बर्हि + प्रयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (हंसबर्हिभिः प्रयुक्तः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Tatpurusha; Instrumental, Singular; adjective agreeing with विमानेन)

• सेव्यमानः: being attended/served
• सेव्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शानच्), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्मणि (Present passive participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• अप्सरोगणैः: by groups of apsarases
• अप्सरोगणैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (अप्सरसां गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive tatpurusha; Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (continuing Śiva-quoted phalaśruti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhautapāpa

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna rises from the tīrtha, blazing like sun and fire; it is yoked to swans and peacocks; apsarases surround, offering garlands and music as the meritorious soul ascends.

Characters & Entities

• Dhautapāpa Tīrtha
• Apsaras
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through the tīrtha is poetically expressed as celestial honor, radiance, and divine conveyance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhautapāpa Tīrtha (within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it continues the promised fruit (phalaśruti) connected with the tīrtha.