Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता पुष्पोपि द्विजसत्तमाः । सूर्यलोकमनुप्राप्तो विमानेन सुवर्चसा

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā puṣpopi dvijasattamāḥ | sūryalokamanuprāpto vimānena suvarcasā

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ദീർഘകാലം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, പുഷ്പനും ദീപ്തിമാനമായ വിമാനത്തിൽ കയറി സൂര്യലോകം പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-निर्देशक (adverb: thereafter)

• kālena: by time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/means: by time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• mahatā: great / long
• mahatā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (kālena)

• puṣpaḥ: Puṣpa (proper name)
• puṣpaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (particle: also/even)

• dvijasattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijasattamāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dvijānāṃ sattamāḥ)

• sūryalokam: the world of the Sun
• sūryalokam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūryaloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sūryasya lokaḥ)

• anuprāptaḥ: having reached / arrived at
• anuprāptaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vimānena: by an aerial chariot
• vimānena: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• suvarcasā: radiant / of great splendor
• suvarcasā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suvarcas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (vimānena)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a long span, Puṣpa rises to Sūryaloka in a brilliantly radiant vimāna, the sky filled with golden light.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious conduct connected with sacred places and devotion culminates in exalted post-mortem states, here symbolized by ascent to Sūryaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate narrative belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context leading into Sarasvatī-taṭa and Śākambharī/Durgā’s site, though this verse itself highlights the fruit (Sūryaloka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; it states the resulting fruit—attainment of Sūryaloka in a radiant vimāna.