Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

दिव्यरूपधरो भूत्वा गतो नाके कलापवान् । एवं तु प्रत्ययं दृष्ट्वा हनूमन्तेश्वरे नृप

Transliteration

divyarūpadharo bhūtvā gato nāke kalāpavān | evaṃ tu pratyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā hanūmanteśvare nṛpa

Translation

เขาแปลงกายเป็นรูปทิพย์ แล้วไปสู่สวรรค์ เปล่งประกายด้วยสิริรุ่งเรือง ครั้นเห็นพยานหลักฐานเช่นนี้ ข้าแต่มหาราช เหตุการณ์นี้ประจักษ์ ณ หะนูมันเตศวร

Word by Word

• दिव्यरूपधरः: one bearing a divine form
• दिव्यरूपधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + रूप + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यं रूपं धरति)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having become’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाके: to/in heaven
• नाके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कलापवान्: possessing a bundle/quiver (or adornment)
• कलापवान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)

• प्रत्ययम्: proof/assurance
• प्रत्ययम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having seen’

• हनूमन्तेश्वरे: at Hanūmanteśvara
• हनूमन्तेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हनूमतः ईश्वरः)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing the king (nṛpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) within the story-frame; also earlier addressed ‘Pāṇḍava’ in the sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Hanūmanteśvara, a figure becomes divinely radiant, his human form transfiguring into a celestial body; he rises skyward toward svarga, leaving onlookers astonished as the shrine stands firm on the riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmanteśvara
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places provide pratyaya—tangible assurance—that dharmic rites uplift the soul toward a divine state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmanteśvara, a revered tīrtha-site in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it confirms the fruit of the earlier rite through visible proof at Hanūmanteśvara.