Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सप्तभौमविमानस्थो दिव्यदेहो हराकृतिः । निरीक्ष्य मेदिनीं मंदं कृत मंगलमण्डनम्

Transliteration

saptabhaumavimānastho divyadeho harākṛtiḥ | nirīkṣya medinīṃ maṃdaṃ kṛta maṃgalamaṇḍanam

Translation

ഏഴ് നിലകളുള്ള ദിവ്യവിമാനത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതനായി, ദിവ്യദേഹധാരിയും ഹരാകൃതിയുമുള്ളവൻ മൃദുവായി ഭൂമിയെ നിരീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു; അത് മംഗളശോഭയാൽ അലങ്കൃതമാണ്.

Word by Word

• सप्त-भौम-विमान-स्थः: standing in a seven-storied aerial car
• सप्त-भौम-विमान-स्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + भौम (प्रातिपदिक) + विमान (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः/नरः); ‘विमाने स्थः’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष, पूर्वे ‘सप्तभौम’ इति विशेषणसमास

• दिव्य-देहः: having a divine body
• दिव्य-देहः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (दिव्यः देहः यस्य)

• हरा-कृतिः: of Śiva-like form
• हरा-कृतिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘हरस्य आकृतिः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• निरीक्ष्य: having looked at
• निरीक्ष्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• मेदिनीम्: the earth
• मेदिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्दम्: gently, slowly
• मन्दम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन-नपुंसकप्रयोगः; adverbial accusative

• कृत: made, done
• कृत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (मङ्गलमण्डनम्)

• मङ्गल-मण्डनम्: auspicious adornment/decoration
• मङ्गल-मण्डनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मङ्गलस्य मण्डनम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; कृत इत्यस्य कर्म

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant devotee in a seven-tiered celestial vimāna, body luminous and bearing Hara’s iconography, gazes compassionately upon the earth, which is shown as ornamented with auspicious emblems and light.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Medinī (Earth)
• Vimāna (celestial chariot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred-place merit is portrayed as transforming the devotee—granting divine embodiment and proximity to Śiva-like splendor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha kṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context, where such exalted ‘phala’ is promised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated in this verse; it describes the fruit (phala) of the broader observance/pilgrimage associated with the kṣetra.