Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

स च राजा विमानेन दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपनः । जगाम भवनं विष्णोर्विबुधैरनुसंस्तुतः

Transliteration

sa ca rājā vimānena divyamālyānulepanaḥ | jagāma bhavanaṃ viṣṇorvibudhairanusaṃstutaḥ

Translation

ആ രാജാവ് ദിവ്യവിമാനത്തിൽ, ദിവ്യമാലകളും സുഗന്ധലേപനങ്ങളും ധരിച്ചു, ദേവന്മാർ വഴിയിലുടനീളം സ്തുതിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ധാമത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलेपनः: adorned with divine garlands and unguents
• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलेपनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative): ‘(having) divine garlands and unguents’ (as an epithet)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भवनम्: to the abode/house
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विबुधैः: by the gods/wise beings
• विबुधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अनुसंस्तुतः: praised (extolled)
• अनुसंस्तुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-सम्-स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (praised)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas / dvija-śreṣṭhas (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous king, radiant with divine garlands and sandal unguents, ascends in a jeweled vimāna; devas line the sky praising him as he journeys toward Viṣṇu’s luminous abode.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛga
• Viṣṇu
• Vibudhas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace culminates in elevation to Viṣṇu’s abode; purāṇic dharma frames liberation as both moral transformation and divine bestowal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā region and the Nṛga-tīrtha context that leads to the king’s liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes the फल (result)—ascent to Viṣṇuloka.