Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

भोभो वत्से महाभागे भानुमत्यतितापसि । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य कैलासं प्रति गम्यताम्

Transliteration

bhobho vatse mahābhāge bhānumatyatitāpasi | divyaṃ vimānamāruhya kailāsaṃ prati gamyatām

Translation

“Mari, wahai anak yang dikasihi—O Bhānumatī yang amat beruntung, pertapa agung! Naiklah wimāna ilahi ini dan pergilah menuju Kailāsa.”

Word by Word

• भो भो: hey! ho!
• भो भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बोधन-निपात) — संबोधनार्थे पुनरुक्ति

• वत्से: O dear girl/child
• वत्से: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन (स्नेहसम्बोधन)

• महाभागे: O very fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भानुमति: O radiant one (Bhānumatī)
• भानुमति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भानुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अति-तापसि: O exceedingly ascetic one
• अति-तापसि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + तपस्/तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण (‘exceedingly ascetic’)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विमानम्: aerial chariot
• विमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (अव्ययभाव/gerund), ‘having mounted’

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal as object/गन्तव्यकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sampradana/Direction (Goal-direction/प्राप्तिदिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वसर्ग/दिशा) — ‘towards’

• गम्यताम्: let (her/one) go
• गम्यताम्: Kriya (Injunction/विधिक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive imperative)

Speaker

Surāṅganās / divine attendants (implied by prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (as promised destination)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Apsarās address Bhānumatī tenderly, praising her tapas; a radiant vimāna appears, hovering near the mountainside, oriented toward Kailāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī
• divya vimāna
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic ideal teaches that sincere tapas culminates in divine grace—symbolized by a celestial summons to Kailāsa, Śiva’s sacred abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is explicitly invoked as the exalted destination; the narrative also magnifies the local tīrtha (Śūlabheda context) as a gateway to higher realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse presents the reward (phala) of austerity—being carried by divine vimāna toward Kailāsa.