Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य प्रभावेन भार्याभ्यां सहितो नृपः । विमानवरमारूढो जगाम त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

tatastasya prabhāvena bhāryābhyāṃ sahito nṛpaḥ | vimānavaramārūḍho jagāma tridivālayam

Translation

その聖なる行いの威力により、王は二人の妃とともに妙なる天の車（ヴィマーナ）に乗り、天界の住処へと赴いた。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• tasya: of that (rite/act)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• prabhāvena: by the power/effect
• prabhāvena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कारणे/हेतौ

• bhāryābhyām: with (his) two wives
• bhāryābhyām: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), द्विवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• vimāna-varam-ārūḍhaḥ: mounted on an excellent aerial car
• vimāna-varam-ārūḍhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimāna + vara + ārūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (varaṃ vimānam ārūḍhaḥ)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tridiva-ālayam: the abode of heaven
• tridiva-ālayam: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + diva + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tridivasya ālayaḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial vimāna descends; the king and his two wives ascend and depart toward the heavenly abode, while the Śiva shrine glows below.

Characters & Entities

• Heaven (Tridiva)
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The purāṇic theme is that sincere worship performed at a potent kṣetra yields swift and exalted spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The result is attributed to the sacred acts performed at Camatkārapura-kṣetra in this narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the fruit (phala) of the earlier liṅga installation and worship.