Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

सर्वे विमानमारूढा गच्छन्ति हरिमन्दिरम् । वायुना पातितं यत्र पत्रपुष्पफलादिकम्

Transliteration

sarve vimānamārūḍhā gacchanti harimandiram | vāyunā pātitaṃ yatra patrapuṣpaphalādikam

Translation

Tous, montés sur des vimānas, se rendent au temple, demeure de Hari. Là, tout ce que le vent fait tomber — feuilles, fleurs, fruits et autres —

Word by Word

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (Nom.1), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• vimānam: a chariot/aircraft
• vimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (विमान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (Acc.2), एकवचनम्

• ārūḍhāḥ: having mounted
• ārūḍhāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-ruh (आ-रुह् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (Nom.1), बहुवचनम्; ‘vimānam’ इत्यस्य कर्मणि-सम्बन्धः (mounted on)

• gacchanti: go
• gacchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्

• hari-mandiram: the temple of Hari
• hari-mandiram: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (हरि) + mandira (मन्दिर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (Acc.2), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (hareḥ mandiram = temple of Hari)

• vāyunā: by the wind
• vāyunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (वायु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (Instr.3), एकवचनम्

• pātitam: fallen/dropped
• pātitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pat (पत् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; ‘patrapuṣpaphalādikam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• patra-puṣpa-phala-ādikam: leaves, flowers, fruits, and the like
• patra-puṣpa-phala-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (पत्र) + puṣpa (पुष्प) + phala (फल) + ādika (आदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collection: leaves, flowers, fruits, etc.)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Harimandira (within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king) (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of creatures ascending in luminous vimānas toward a radiant Hari temple amid a sacred grove; wind swirls through flowering trees, dropping leaves, blossoms, and fruits like natural garlands over the temple courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Harimandira
• Vastrāpatha
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to a holy place yields transcendent fruit—culminating in ascent and nearness to the Divine (Hari).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage associates Vastrāpatha’s merit with reaching Hari’s temple-abode (Harimandira).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied veneration/association with the sacred area; no explicit rite is stated in this half-verse.