Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

सर्वत्रगं सुरुचिरं दिव्यस्त्रीगीतनादितम् तदारुह्य समायातो द्रष्टुं तां नगरीं हरेः

Transliteration

sarvatragaṃ suruciraṃ divyastrīgītanāditam tadāruhya samāyāto draṣṭuṃ tāṃ nagarīṃ hareḥ

Translation

Ce vimāna, allant partout, était d’une beauté exquise et résonnait des chants des femmes divines. Y étant monté, il vint contempler la cité de Hari.

Word by Word

• सर्वत्रगम्: going everywhere, all-pervading
• सर्वत्रगम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वत्रग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वत्र + ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुरुचिरम्: very beautiful
• सुरुचिरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरुचिर (प्रातिपदिक; सु + रुचिर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिव्यस्त्रीगीतनादितम्: resounding with songs of divine women
• दिव्यस्त्रीगीतनादितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यस्त्रीगीतनादित (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + स्त्री + गीत + नादित)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तद्: then, thereupon
• तद्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (correlative particle; here with 'आruhya' in sense 'then/thereupon')

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• समायातः: came
• समायातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Active Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• नगरीम्: city
• नगरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (as the merit-source)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A resplendent, all-moving vimāna filled with celestial song; divine women (apsarās) sing as the hunter ascends, traveling toward the radiant city of Hari with jeweled gates and lotus-like towers.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Vimāna
• Divine women (apsaras-like singers)
• Lubdhaka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Religious merit matures into higher darśana—devotion grants access to exalted realms and divine vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Hari’s divine city (a Vaikuṇṭha-like realm) rather than a terrestrial tīrtha; the narrative still belongs to Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None newly; it continues the result of the previously mentioned Śivarātri vigil.