Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु विमानानि सहस्रशः । समायातानि राजेंद्र कपिलायाः प्रभावतः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu vimānāni sahasraśaḥ | samāyātāni rājeṃdra kapilāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ

Translation

ପୁଲସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ସେହି ସମୟରେ, ହେ ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର, କପିଲାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରଭାବରୁ ସହସ୍ର ସହସ୍ର ଦିବ୍ୟ ବିମାନ ଆସି ପହଞ୍ଚିଲା।

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: then/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• विमानानि: celestial chariots
• विमानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand, in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: ‘by thousands’)

• समायातानि: having arrived/arrived
• समायातानि: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√या (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कपिलायाः: of Kapilā
• कपिलायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रभावतः: due to the power (of)
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rajendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sky fills with countless radiant vimānas descending in orderly rows; light beams fall upon the tīrtha as Pulastya narrates to the king.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Kapilā
• Yayāti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great spiritual power (prabhāva) manifests outwardly; divine recognition follows extraordinary merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography, but this line emphasizes Kapilā’s glory rather than naming a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates a miraculous arrival of vimānas prompted by Kapilā’s merit.