Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

देवांगनाकरग्राहगृहीतो नन्दनं वनम् । प्राप्य भुंक्ते शुभान्भोगान्यावदाचन्द्रतारकम्

Transliteration

devāṃganākaragrāhagṛhīto nandanaṃ vanam | prāpya bhuṃkte śubhānbhogānyāvadācandratārakam

Translation

ദേവാംഗനമാരുടെ കൈപിടിത്തത്തിൽ അവൻ നന്ദനവനം പ്രാപിച്ച്, ചന്ദ്രനും നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളും നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും കാലം ശുഭഭോഗങ്ങൾ അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• देवाङ्गना-कर-ग्राह-गृहीतः: seized by the grasp of a celestial maiden’s hand
• देवाङ्गना-कर-ग्राह-गृहीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवाङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राह (प्रातिपदिक) + गृहीत (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवाङ्गनायाः करग्राहेण गृहीतः)

• नन्दनम्: Nandana (garden)
• नन्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वनम्: forest, grove
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नन्दनम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभावे), पूर्वकालक्रिया; ‘having reached’

• भुङ्क्ते: enjoys
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शुभान्: auspicious
• शुभान्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘भोगान्’ इति विशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-सूचक (until/as long as)

• आ-चन्द्र-तारकम्: up to (the time of) the moon and stars; forever
• आ-चन्द्र-तारकम्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘आ’ इत्यव्ययेन अवधिसूचनम् (up to the moon and stars)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meritorious soul is welcomed by celestial maidens who take him by the hands; he enters Nandana grove filled with divine trees, blossoms, and luminous pleasure-palaces under a starry, moonlit sky.

Characters & Entities

• Nandana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas frame tīrtha-sevā and dharmic acts as yielding exalted, long-lasting rewards, described in the language of svarga and divine enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa sacred geography, where meritorious acts are said to grant such results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse is primarily a phalaśruti (result statement), implying prior worship/charity at the tīrtha as the cause.