Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सहितास्तैस्तु स्वानि स्थानानि भेजिरे । विमानैः सूर्यसंकाशैर्गत्वा पार्थिवसत्तम

Transliteration

tataste sahitāstaistu svāni sthānāni bhejire | vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃkāśairgatvā pārthivasattama

Translation

പിന്നീട് അവർ അവരോടൊപ്പം ചേർന്ന് തങ്ങളുടെ തങ്ങളുടെ ധാമങ്ങളിൽ എത്തി; ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, സൂര്യസദൃശമായി ദീപ്തമായ വിമാനങ്ങളിൽ കയറി അവർ ഗമിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सहिताः: accompanied, together
• सहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सह धात्वर्थे/सह-उपसर्गेण √इ/√धा?; व्यवहारतः 'सहित' = 'with, accompanied')
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (accompanied)

• तैः: with them; by them
• तैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (particle)

• स्वानि: their own
• स्वानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• स्थानानि: abodes
• स्थानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• भेजिरे: they resorted to; they went to
• भेजिरे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• विमानैः: by/with aerial chariots
• विमानैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• सूर्यसंकाशैः: sun-bright, resembling the sun
• सूर्यसंकाशैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य + संकाश (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; समासः—सूर्यस्य संकाशाः (सूर्यवत् प्रकाशमानाः)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund/Absolutive)

• पार्थिवसत्तम: O best of kings
• पार्थिवसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; समासः—पार्थिवानां सत्तमः

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva-sattama (best of kings) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pitṛs, now satisfied, ascend in sun-bright vimānas; the king is addressed as witness/listener; the sky glows with golden radiance above the tīrtha landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual merit (puṇya) is portrayed as tangibly uplifting: satisfied ancestors return gloriously to their realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative, but it highlights the fruit of śrāddha rather than naming the locality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied rite is śrāddha/tarpaṇa whose completion yields exalted results for the Pitṛs.