Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सोऽपि याति न संदेहः पुरुषः शिवमन्दिरे । विमानवरमारूढः सेव्यमानोऽप्सरोगणैः

Transliteration

so'pi yāti na saṃdehaḥ puruṣaḥ śivamandire | vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ

Translation

એ પુરુષ પણ—નિઃસંદેહ—શિવધામે જાય છે; શ્રેષ્ઠ વિમાન પર આરુઢ થઈ, અપ્સરાગણો દ્વારા સેવિત થાય છે.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (particle: “also/even”)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Sambandha (Parenthetical/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संदेहः’ इति वाक्यांशः (idiom: “no doubt”)

• पुरुषः: the person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शिवमन्दिरे: in Shiva’s temple
• शिवमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘शिवस्य मन्दिरम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (locative)

• विमानवरम्: an excellent vimāna
• विमानवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान-वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वरं विमानम्’ इति कर्मधारय (excellent aerial car)

• आरूढः: mounted
• आरूढः: Karta (Agent as qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “having mounted/ascended”

• सेव्यमानः: being served
• सेव्यमानः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अप्सरोगणैः: by groups of apsarases
• अप्सरोगणैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरा-गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘अप्सराणां गणाः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (instrumental/agent in passive)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition in Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suparṇākhya-deva darśana-phala (linked promise)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas / audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, having earned the fruit, ascends to Śiva’s abode on a splendid celestial vimāna, surrounded by apsarases offering service.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivamandira
• Vimāna
• Apsaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text assures certain spiritual ascent for the devoted visitor, portraying the fruit as direct approach to Śiva’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiva’s sacred precinct being discussed in Adhyāya 82; the verse itself does not provide the geographical name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added; it states the fruit (phala) of the previously described darśana/bhakti.