Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततो विमानमारुह्य वराप्सरःसुसेवितम् । गतौ तौ द्वावपि स्वर्गं संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहौ

Transliteration

tato vimānamāruhya varāpsaraḥsusevitam | gatau tau dvāvapi svargaṃ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhau

Translation

Puis, montant dans un vimāna céleste servi par d’excellentes Apsaras, tous deux gagnèrent le ciel, le corps frémissant de joie.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• vimānam: the aerial car
• vimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āruhya: having mounted
• āruhya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√ruh (रुह् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे, absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• vara-apsaraḥ-su-sevitam: well-attended by excellent apsarases
• vara-apsaraḥ-su-sevitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + apsaras (प्रातिपदिक) + su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √sev (सेव् धातु)
• Form: समासान्त-विशेषण; 'सुसेवित' = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (vimānam इति विशेष्यस्य)

• gatau: went
• gatau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• dvau: two
• dvau: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण (tau)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also)

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saṃprahṛṣṭa-tanūruhau: whose body-hairs were thrilled (with joy)
• saṃprahṛṣṭa-tanūruhau: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-pra-√hṛṣ (हृष् धातु) + tanūruha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (ययोः तनूरुहाः संप्रहृष्टाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण (tau)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / king in embedded address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna descends; apsarases attend with garlands and fans; the two protagonists ascend, their skin showing romāñca (goosebumps), faces bright with joy; sky filled with light and clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Vimāna
• Apsarases
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and dharma-bearing acts ripen into auspicious posthumous states, portrayed here as ascent to svarga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The reward narrative is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya stream.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it states the fruit (phala) of the preceding dhārmic conduct.