Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

मामन्येन शरीरेण समादाय च किंकराः । तत्रारोप्य ततः प्राप्ता ब्रह्मणः सदनं प्रति

Transliteration

māmanyena śarīreṇa samādāya ca kiṃkarāḥ | tatrāropya tataḥ prāptā brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ prati

Translation

ତେବେ ଦିବ୍ୟ କିଙ୍କରମାନେ ମୋତେ ଅନ୍ୟ ଶରୀର ସହିତ ଉଠାଇ, ସେହି ବିମାନରେ ଆରୋହଣ କରାଇ, ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ସଦନ ପ୍ରତି ନେଇଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• anyena: with another
• anyena: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of śarīreṇa)

• śarīreṇa: with a body
• śarīreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (instrument/means)

• samādāya: having taken (me)
• samādāya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (दा, धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप् अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) = having taken up/carrying

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• kiṃkarāḥ: servants, attendants
• kiṃkarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्ता

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• āropya: having placed (me) aboard
• āropya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√ruh (रुह्, धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप् अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) = having mounted/placed (upon)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• prāptāḥ: reached, arrived
• prāptāḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप्, धातु) + kta (क्त) → prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत्—‘प्राप्ताः’ = reached (agreeing with kiṃkarāḥ)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• sadanam: abode, dwelling
• sadanam: Karma (Goal-object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (goal as object with prati)

• prati: towards
• prati: Gati (Direction/गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/पूर्वसर्ग; गत्यर्थक preposition) = towards

Speaker

Unspecified (same repentant former king speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Divine attendants lift the pilgrim’s subtle form into a radiant alternate body, seat him in a vimāna, and fly toward a luminous cosmic palace identified as Brahmā’s abode; clouds part, light streams.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• kiṃkara (divine attendants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred merit (puṇya) can elevate the soul’s journey after death, granting auspicious realms and divine guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha where the speaker bathed and died; its efficacy is proven by ascent to Brahmā’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it describes the result (phala) following the earlier snāna/immersion.