Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 155

Devanagari script

विमानशतकोटीभिर्दिव्याभिः सर्वतो वृतः । दीपयन्सर्वतो व्योम ज्योतिर्भूतमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

vimānaśatakoṭībhirdivyābhiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ | dīpayansarvato vyoma jyotirbhūtamanuttamam

Translation

Encerclé de toutes parts par des centaines de crores de vimānas divins, il illumina le ciel en tout lieu, devenant une masse de splendeur sans pareille.

Word by Word

• विमानशतकोटीभिः: by hundreds of crores of vimānas
• विमानशतकोटीभिः: Sahakarana (Instrument/means/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान + शत + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (कोटि); तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः (विमानानां शतकोटयः = hundreds of crores of aerial cars)

• दिव्याभिः: divine
• दिव्याभिः: Sahakarana (Qualifier/सहकारक-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying कोटिभिः)

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Spatial scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (on all sides)

• वृतः: surrounded
• वृतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु) → वृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (surrounded)

• दीपयन्: illuminating
• दीपयन्: Karta (Concurrent action/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप् (धातु) → दीपयत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (illuminating)

• सर्वतः: everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Spatial scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक (everywhere)

• व्योम: the sky
• व्योम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ज्योतिः: a light
• ज्योतिः: Karta (Appositional descriptor/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूतम्: having become
• भूतम्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (become/turned into)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (unsurpassed)

Speaker

Deductive: Brahmā to Nārada (Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa framing); narrative description of the celestial arrival

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā (celestial manifestation zone)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The entire sky is crowded with innumerable divine vimānas, layered like constellations; their jeweled brilliance merges into a single unsurpassed mass of light, bathing the landscape below in a dawn-like glow.

Characters & Entities

• Vimānas
• Brahmā (context)
• Svarga-dvāra (context)
• Kākutstha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine realm responds to dharma with revelation—radiance and celestial order manifest around the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s sacred corridor near the Sarayū, portrayed as a meeting-point of earthly and heavenly domains.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on darśana of a divine event as a form of spiritual elevation.