Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

भक्त्या प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य तं गुरुं शिवयोगिनम् । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य पुण्यलोकाञ्जगाम सः

Transliteration

bhaktyā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya taṃ guruṃ śivayoginam | divyaṃ vimānamāruhya puṇyalokāñjagāma saḥ

Translation

ଭକ୍ତିରେ ସେ ଗୁରୁ ଶିବଯୋଗୀଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଦକ୍ଷିଣା କରି, ଦିବ୍ୟ ବିମାନରେ ଆରୋହଣ କରି ପୁଣ୍ୟଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଗଲା।

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: having circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दक्षिणी + √कृ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप् (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having circumambulated)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• गुरुम्: the teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवयोगिनम्: the Śiva-yogin
• शिवयोगिनम्: Karma (Object/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य योगी), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विमानम्: aerial car/chariot
• विमानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √रुह् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप् (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having mounted)

• पुण्यलोकान्: holy worlds
• पुण्यलोकान्: Karma (Goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (पुण्याः लोकाः), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The radiant redeemed being circumambulates Vāmadeva with folded hands, then ascends into a divine vimāna that lifts toward luminous puṇya-lokas.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Śiva-yogin
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to the guru, expressed through respectful circumambulation, completes purification and leads to auspicious destinies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; “puṇya-lokas” are described as the destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of the guru with bhakti; the narrative also implies post-rite ascent in a vimāna.