Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पश्यतां तापसानां च विमाने सार्वकामिके । आरोप्य तं पारिषदाः कैलासमनयन्मुदा

Transliteration

paśyatāṃ tāpasānāṃ ca vimāne sārvakāmike | āropya taṃ pāriṣadāḥ kailāsamanayanmudā

Translation

Sous les yeux des ascètes, les serviteurs de Śiva le firent monter dans un vimāna céleste exauçant tous les désirs et, dans la joie, le conduisirent à Kailāsa.

Word by Word

• पश्यताम्: of those watching
• पश्यताम्: Adhikarana (Genitive absolute/सप्तमीसमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दृश्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle) 'seeing'; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive absolute sense: 'while ... were watching')

• तापसानाम्: of the ascetics
• तापसानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• विमाने: in the aerial car
• विमाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सार्वकामिके: wish-fulfilling; granting all desires
• सार्वकामिके: Adhikarana (Qualifier of location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वकामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विमाने)

• आरोप्य: having seated/placed (him)
• आरोप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having made (him) mount/placed upon'

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• पारिषदाः: attendants (of Śiva)
• पारिषदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिषद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनयन्: led/brought
• अनयन्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental of manner)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (as fruit/goal)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ascetics stand astonished as Śiva’s gaṇas lift the departed guru onto a radiant, wish-fulfilling vimāna. The chariot rises through clouds toward snow-peaked Kailāsa, suffused with joy.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Pāriṣadas (Śiva’s attendants)
• Ascetics (tāpasas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace completes the pilgrim’s journey: the righteous are escorted to Śiva’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is highlighted as Śiva’s supreme abode, reached through tīrtha-merit within the Kedāra cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse depicts the fruit (phala) of sanctified life and pilgrimage—being led to Kailāsa.