Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अष्टैश्वर्यगुणोपेतं प्राप्य दिव्यं वपुः शुभम् । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य दिव्यस्त्रीशतसेवितः

Transliteration

aṣṭaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ prāpya divyaṃ vapuḥ śubham | divyaṃ vimānamāruhya divyastrīśatasevitaḥ

Translation

अष्ट ऐश्वर्यों के गुणों से युक्त, दिव्य और शुभ शरीर पाकर वह दिव्य विमान पर आरूढ़ होता है और सैकड़ों दिव्य स्त्रियों से सेवित होता है।

Word by Word

• अष्टैश्वर्यगुणोपेतम्: endowed with the qualities of the eight powers
• अष्टैश्वर्यगुणोपेतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (उप + √इ धातु, क्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (‘अष्टैश्वर्यगुणैः उपेतम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; qualifies वपुः

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; qualifies वपुः

• वपुः: body
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; qualifies वपुः

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; qualifies विमानम्

• विमानम्: aerial car
• विमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √रुह् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• दिव्यस्त्रीशतसेवितः: served by hundreds of divine women
• दिव्यस्त्रीशतसेवितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सेवित (√सेव् धातु, क्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (‘दिव्याभिः स्त्रीशतैः सेवितः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; qualifies implied subject

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarga (as phala-loka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous devotee with a radiant celestial body stands on a jeweled vimāna, surrounded by flying banners and attended by many apsarās; the sky is layered with clouds and divine architecture.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭaiśvarya
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa celebrates devotion with grand phalaśruti, portraying elevated post-mortem states as fruits of dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; this is a merit-description (phalaśruti) rather than a site-mahātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation: the praised Shaiva observance (especially Tripuṇḍra/Rudrākṣa) yields these results.