Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततः प्रगच्छति स्वर्गं विमानवरमाश्रितः

Transliteration

tataḥ pragacchati svargaṃ vimānavaramāśritaḥ

Translation

அதன்பின் அவன் சிறந்த விமானத்தை அடைந்து சொர்க்கத்திற்குச் செல்கிறான்।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/Source adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb); “thereupon/then/from that”

• प्रगच्छति: goes forth/attains
• प्रगच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• विमानवरम्: an excellent aerial car
• विमानवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मधारय (varaṃ vimānam = excellent aerial car)

• आश्रितः: having taken refuge in/being seated in
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (of the subject: having resorted to/being seated in)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial vimāna descends above the tīrtha; the pilgrim, purified, is lifted upward amid garlands and divine light, leaving the ghat below.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit generated through sacred practice culminates in an auspicious posthumous destiny, symbolized by a celestial vimāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative glorifies the Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha/kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this single line; it states the resulting fruit (svarga via vimāna).