Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ते दिव्यज्ञानसम्पन्ना दिव्यदेहविचेष्टिताः । दिव्यं लोकमवाप्स्यन्ति दिव्यभोगसमन्विताः

Transliteration

te divyajñānasampannā divyadehaviceṣṭitāḥ | divyaṃ lokamavāpsyanti divyabhogasamanvitāḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่เปี่ยมด้วยญาณทิพย์ และมีฤทธิ์อานุภาพแห่งกายทิพย์ ย่อมบรรลุโลกทิพย์—พร้อมด้วยโภคะและความรื่นรมย์แห่งสวรรค์

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• दिव्य-ज्ञान-सम्पन्नाः: endowed with divine knowledge
• दिव्य-ज्ञान-सम्पन्नाः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पद्/पद्यते इति धात्वर्थे, उपसर्ग सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• दिव्य-देह-विचेष्टिताः: having divine bodies and movements
• दिव्य-देह-विचेष्टिताः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + विचेष्टित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √चेष्ट्, उपसर्ग वि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma-anvaya (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अवाप्स्यन्ति: will attain
• अवाप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव; अवाप् (धातु-प्रयोग)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural), परस्मैपदम्

• दिव्य-भोग-समन्विताः: endowed with divine enjoyments
• दिव्य-भोग-समन्विताः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भोग (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ/√वि? ‘सम्-अन्वि’ भावे; प्रचलित विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira and assembled ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau of devotees/ascetics radiant with divine knowledge, their bodies subtly luminous, ascending toward a celestial realm with airy vimānas and gandharva music.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Nārāyaṇagiri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a sanctified tīrtha matures into higher knowledge and higher states of being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nārāyaṇagiri, whose worship is said to grant divine knowledge and attainment of a divine realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is continued pūjā at the sacred site; the verse mainly states the promised fruits (phala).