Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

देवांगनाकरग्राहगृहीतो नन्दनं वनम् । प्राप्य भुंक्ते शुभान्भोगान्यावदाचन्द्रतारकम्

Transliteration

devāṃganākaragrāhagṛhīto nandanaṃ vanam | prāpya bhuṃkte śubhānbhogānyāvadācandratārakam

Translation

Saisi par les mains des nymphes célestes, il parvient au Bosquet de Nandana et jouit de délices bénis, aussi longtemps que demeurent la lune et les étoiles.

Word by Word

• देवाङ्गना-कर-ग्राह-गृहीतः: seized by the grasp of a celestial maiden’s hand
• देवाङ्गना-कर-ग्राह-गृहीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवाङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राह (प्रातिपदिक) + गृहीत (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवाङ्गनायाः करग्राहेण गृहीतः)

• नन्दनम्: Nandana (garden)
• नन्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वनम्: forest, grove
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नन्दनम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभावे), पूर्वकालक्रिया; ‘having reached’

• भुङ्क्ते: enjoys
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शुभान्: auspicious
• शुभान्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘भोगान्’ इति विशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-सूचक (until/as long as)

• आ-चन्द्र-तारकम्: up to (the time of) the moon and stars; forever
• आ-चन्द्र-तारकम्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘आ’ इत्यव्ययेन अवधिसूचनम् (up to the moon and stars)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meritorious soul is welcomed by celestial maidens who take him by the hands; he enters Nandana grove filled with divine trees, blossoms, and luminous pleasure-palaces under a starry, moonlit sky.

Characters & Entities

• Nandana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas frame tīrtha-sevā and dharmic acts as yielding exalted, long-lasting rewards, described in the language of svarga and divine enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa sacred geography, where meritorious acts are said to grant such results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse is primarily a phalaśruti (result statement), implying prior worship/charity at the tīrtha as the cause.