Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

पृथग्भूतांश्च तान् सर्वान् विमानेषु व्यवस्थितान् । उत्पत्तिवत्समालोक्य राजा संहर्षी सोऽभवत्

Transliteration

pṛthagbhūtāṃśca tān sarvān vimāneṣu vyavasthitān | utpattivatsamālokya rājā saṃharṣī so'bhavat

Translation

ସେମାନେ ସମସ୍ତେ ପୃଥକ୍ ପୃଥକ୍ ଭାବେ ନିଜ ନିଜ ବିମାନରେ ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥିତ—ଯେନ ନବୀନ ଭାବେ ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ—ଦେଖି ରାଜା ହର୍ଷରେ ପ୍ରଫୁଲ୍ଲିତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• pṛthak-bhūtān: separate, distinct
• pṛthak-bhūtān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; पृथक् भूताḥ (separate, distinct)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• vimāneṣu: in the aerial chariots
• vimāneṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• vyavasthitān: stationed
• vyavasthitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘stationed/placed’

• utpatti-vat: as if (newly) arisen
• utpatti-vat: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘वत्’प्रत्ययान्तं क्रियाविशेषणम् (like/as if newly arisen)

• samālokya: having observed
• samālokya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: sam-ā-√lok (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; ‘having looked at/observed’

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃharṣī: delighted, thrilled
• saṃharṣī: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃharṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; भाववाचक/गुणवाचक—‘हर्षयुक्तः’ (delighted)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Multiple vimānas hover, each holding a radiant ancestor figure; the king looks on with delighted astonishment, hands perhaps folded, body language showing exhilaration.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena
• Vimānas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is portrayed as immediate and vivid: dharmic action at a tīrtha can ‘appear’ with unmistakable auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha, whose prabhāva is being demonstrated through visions and results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None newly; this continues the narrative of the results following snāna, tarpaṇa, and immersion rites.