Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अत्रांतरे महातेजा नाम्ना विज्ञप्तिकौतुकः । विद्याधरपतिः प्राप्य विमानेनैनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

atrāṃtare mahātejā nāmnā vijñaptikautukaḥ | vidyādharapatiḥ prāpya vimānenainamabravīt

Translation

À cet instant, le puissant seigneur des Vidyādharas, nommé Vijñapti-kautuka, arriva sur un vimāna céleste et lui adressa la parole.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• अन्तरे: in the interval, meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Time/space locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Locative singular)

• महातेजाः: the mighty/very radiant one
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—महच्च तत् तेजः यस्य (very radiant/mighty)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular); “by name”

• विज्ञप्तिकौतुकः: Vijñapti-kautuka (proper name)
• विज्ञप्तिकौतुकः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—विज्ञप्तेः कौतुकः (one named/characterized by “Vijñapti-kautuka”)

• विद्याधरपतिः: lord of the Vidyādharas
• विद्याधरपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—विद्याधराणां पतिः

• प्राप्य: having approached
• प्राप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); “having reached/approached”

• विमानेन: by an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hemakāñcana-saras (Setukṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame typical; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna descends; the Vidyādhara lord Vijñapti-kautuka, blazing with tejas, addresses the brāhmaṇa youth below amid the aftermath of battle by the golden lake.

Characters & Entities

• Vijñaptikautuka
• vidyādharapati
• vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Higher beings intervene to restrain excess and restore right order when dharma’s larger purpose is at stake.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa landscape associated with the golden lake and its supernatural guardians.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse introduces a divine messenger-like figure and a turning point in the episode.