Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

दिव्यविमानमारूढो दिव्यस्त्रीपरिवेष्टितः । गतिवादित्रनिर्घोषैर्नीयते शिवमन्दिरे

Transliteration

divyavimānamārūḍho divyastrīpariveṣṭitaḥ | gativāditranirghoṣairnīyate śivamandire

Translation

Monté sur un vimāna céleste et entouré de femmes célestes, il est porté jusqu’au temple de Śiva au milieu du retentissement des musiques d’instruments divins en mouvement.

Word by Word

• दिव्यविमानम्: a divine aerial car
• दिव्यविमानम्: Adhikarana/Goal (आश्रय as object of आरोहण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय

• आरूढः: having mounted
• आरूढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु) + क्त → आरूढ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having mounted)

• दिव्यस्त्रीपरिवेष्टितः: surrounded by divine women
• दिव्यस्त्रीपरिवेष्टितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-स्त्री-परिवेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक; परि + वेष्ट् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• गतिवादित्रनिर्घोषैः: by the sounds of songs and instruments
• गतिवादित्रनिर्घोषैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति-वादित्र-निर्घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

• नीयते: is led
• नीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) (नयने)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• शिवमन्दिरे: in/into Shiva’s temple
• शिवमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (loc. sg.)

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing narration in the māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (phala culminating in Śiva-mandira)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial chariot (vimāna) rises, carrying the devotee; apsarases encircle him; gandharvas play moving instruments; ahead stands a luminous Śiva temple with towering gateway, suggesting arrival at Śiva’s mandira.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious dharma performed in a sacred field culminates in honored passage to Śiva—symbolized by the divine vimāna and entry into Śiva’s temple.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha Kṣetra (within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) is the praised sacred locale, oriented toward Śiva’s temple as the culminating destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it describes the exalted result (phala) that follows from the broader vrata/tīrtha observances taught in the surrounding māhātmya.