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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23

त्वरावंतौ गणौ तत्र विमानादवरुह्य तौ । स्रष्टारं सर्वलोकानां तेन सार्धं प्रणेमतुः

tvarāvaṃtau gaṇau tatra vimānādavaruhya tau | sraṣṭāraṃ sarvalokānāṃ tena sārdhaṃ praṇematuḥ

അപ്പോൾ ആ രണ്ടു വേഗഗാമികളായ ഗണങ്ങൾ അവിടെ വിമാനം വിട്ടിറങ്ങി, അവനോടൊപ്പം സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളുടെ സ്രഷ്ടാവായ ബ്രഹ്മാവിനെ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്തു।

tvarā-vantauhasty, in great haste (the two)
tvarā-vantau:
Visheshana (Adjective of gaṇau/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvarā (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (वत् प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (possessing haste)
gaṇauthe two gaṇas
gaṇau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)
vimānātfrom the aerial car
vimānāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (from)
avaruhyahaving descended
avaruhya:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootava-ruh (रुह् धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
tauthose two
tau:
Karta (Subject-apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम
sraṣṭāramthe creator
sraṣṭāram:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsraṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
sarva-lokānāmof all the worlds
sarva-lokānām:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—“सर्वेषां लोकानाम्”
tenawith him
tena:
Sahakari (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
sārdhamtogether (with)
sārdham:
Saha (Association/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsārdham (अव्यय)
Formसह-अर्थक-अव्ययम् (preposition-like indeclinable: together with)
praṇematuḥthey bowed down
praṇematuḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-ṇam (नम् धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), द्विवचन

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (narrative gateway to higher lokas)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Audience of the Purāṇa (frame)

Scene: Two swift gaṇas descend from a celestial vimāna; alongside the brāhmaṇa they approach Brahmā, the creator, and all three bow in unison.

G
Gaṇa
V
Vimāna
B
Brahmā (implied as sraṣṭā)

FAQs

True spiritual ascent culminates in humility—honoring cosmic order and its presiding deities.

The passage belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa framework, where Kāśī’s sanctity is the underlying source of merit leading to such divine encounters.

None; the action highlighted is praṇāma (reverential salutation).