Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य प्रभावेन भार्याभ्यां सहितो नृपः । विमानवरमारूढो जगाम त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

tatastasya prabhāvena bhāryābhyāṃ sahito nṛpaḥ | vimānavaramārūḍho jagāma tridivālayam

Translation

Par la puissance de cet acte sacré, le roi, accompagné de ses deux épouses, monta sur un splendide char céleste et gagna la demeure du ciel.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• tasya: of that (rite/act)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• prabhāvena: by the power/effect
• prabhāvena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कारणे/हेतौ

• bhāryābhyām: with (his) two wives
• bhāryābhyām: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), द्विवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• vimāna-varam-ārūḍhaḥ: mounted on an excellent aerial car
• vimāna-varam-ārūḍhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimāna + vara + ārūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (varaṃ vimānam ārūḍhaḥ)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tridiva-ālayam: the abode of heaven
• tridiva-ālayam: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + diva + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tridivasya ālayaḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial vimāna descends; the king and his two wives ascend and depart toward the heavenly abode, while the Śiva shrine glows below.

Characters & Entities

• Heaven (Tridiva)
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The purāṇic theme is that sincere worship performed at a potent kṣetra yields swift and exalted spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The result is attributed to the sacred acts performed at Camatkārapura-kṣetra in this narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the fruit (phala) of the earlier liṅga installation and worship.