Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

लुब्धकोऽपि विमानेन संप्राप्तो हरिमन्दिरे । इत्युक्त्वा स भवो देवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत

Transliteration

lubdhako'pi vimānena saṃprāpto harimandire | ityuktvā sa bhavo devastatraivāṃtaradhīyata

Translation

「狩人でさえ、天のヴィマーナに乗せられてハリの神殿に到った。」そう告げるや、主バヴァ（シヴァ）はその場で忽然と姿を消した。

Word by Word

• लुब्धकः: the hunter
• लुब्धकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: also/even)

• विमानेन: by an aerial chariot
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचनम्

• संप्राप्तः: arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘arrived’

• हरिमन्दिरे: in Hari’s temple
• हरिमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हरेः मन्दिरम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund) ‘having said’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; शिवनाम

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Visheshya/Visheshana (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; भवस्य विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared/vanished
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, quoting Śiva/Bhava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-mandira (Vastrāpatha context)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hunter is lifted into a radiant celestial chariot (vimāna) and carried toward Hari’s temple; Śiva (Bhava) proclaims the marvel and then vanishes on the spot.

Characters & Entities

• Lubdhaka (hunter)
• Vimāna
• Hari-mandira (Viṣṇu temple)
• Bhava (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace can uplift even the most ordinary person; sincere (or providential) contact with holy rites and places leads to divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha sacred narrative context, culminating in arrival at Hari’s temple (Harimandira).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the fruit (phala) of divine grace—attainment of a divine abode/temple.