Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

संत्यज्य मानुषं रूपं दिव्यं रूपमवाप्तवान् । विमानवरमारूढं दिव्याभरणभूषितम्

Transliteration

saṃtyajya mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ divyaṃ rūpamavāptavān | vimānavaramārūḍhaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam

Translation

മാനുഷരൂപം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് അവൻ ദിവ്യരൂപം പ്രാപിച്ചു. ശ്രേഷ്ഠ വിമാനം കയറി ദിവ്യാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• संत्यज्य: having abandoned
• संत्यज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + त्यज् (धातु) → त्यज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययवत्; ‘सम्’ उपसर्गः

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचनम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचनम्

• अवाप्तवान्: obtained
• अवाप्तवान्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु) → अवाप्तवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्तवतुँ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (finite-verb sense)

• विमानवरम्: an excellent aerial car
• विमानवरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान + वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (वरं विमानम्)

• आरूढम्: mounted/ascended
• आरूढम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु) → आरूढ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (विमानवरम्)

• दिव्याभरणभूषितम्: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + आभरण + भूषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यैः आभरणैः भूषितम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The freed one discards the human guise and appears in a radiant divine body, jeweled and crowned, ascending in a splendid vimāna against a luminous sky.

Characters & Entities

• dvijātmaja (implied)
• vimāna
• divyābharaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and release from affliction culminate in upliftment—symbolized by attaining a divine form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa sacred milieu, where contact with divine agencies yields extraordinary spiritual elevation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the fruit (phala) of grace and liberation rather than a procedure.