Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

दिव्यं विमानमारूढो गतश्चानुत्तमां गतिम्

Transliteration

divyaṃ vimānamārūḍho gataścānuttamāṃ gatim

Translation

«Взойдя на божественную виману, он достиг непревзойдённого состояния.»

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विमानम् इति विशेषणम्

• विमानम्: celestial chariot/vehicle
• विमानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आरूढः: having mounted
• आरूढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction 'and')

• अनुत्तमाम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गतिम् इति विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state/goal, destination
• गतिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Revā-tīrtha kuṇḍa (episode locus)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant divine vimāna descends/appears above the kuṇḍa; the hunter (now purified, luminous) mounts it and ascends toward a brilliant, cloud-lit horizon—signifying the unsurpassed state.

Characters & Entities

• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred narratives depict divine assistance and exalted destiny as fruits of accumulated merit and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the kuṇḍa/tīrtha of the surrounding Revā Khaṇḍa episode, whose power culminates in ‘anuttamā gati’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it states the spiritual result (phala) as attainment of an unsurpassed state.