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

അഷ്ടൈശ്വര്യഗുണങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പന്നനായിട്ട്, ദിവ്യവും മംഗളകരവുമായ ദേഹം പ്രാപിച്ച്, ദിവ്യ വിമാനം കയറി, നൂറുകണക്കിന് ദിവ്യസ്ത്രീകളാൽ സേവിതനാകുന്നു.

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.