Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

दिव्यांबरधराः सर्वे दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपनाः । विमानानि महार्हाणि समारुह्य विभूषिताः

Transliteration

divyāṃbaradharāḥ sarve divyamālyānulepanāḥ | vimānāni mahārhāṇi samāruhya vibhūṣitāḥ

Translation

คนทั้งปวงสวมอาภรณ์ทิพย์ ประดับพวงมาลัยสวรรค์และทาเครื่องหอมทิพย์ แล้วขึ้นสู่วิมานอันเลิศล้ำล้ำค่า งามเรืองรองด้วยเครื่องประดับ

Word by Word

• दिव्य-अम्बर-धराः: wearers of divine garments
• दिव्य-अम्बर-धराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धृ (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यम् अम्बरम् यस्य/येन धार्यते)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलेपनाः: (having) divine garlands and unguents
• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलेपनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (माल्यं च अनुलेपनं च) विशेषणार्थे बहुवचनम्

• विमानानि: aerial chariots
• विमानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मपदम्

• महा-अर्हाणि: very precious
• महा-अर्हाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान्ति अर्हाणि)

• समारुह्य: having mounted
• समारुह्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having mounted/ascended’

• विभूषिताः: adorned
• विभूषिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-भूष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of liberated beings, newly radiant, wearing divine garments and garlands, anointed with celestial unguents, ascending into richly jeweled vimānas that hover above the tīrtha as onlookers gaze upward.

Characters & Entities

• Vimāna (aerial car)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is shown not merely as moral cleansing but as a restoration of spiritual dignity and higher destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, whose power results in divine adornment and ascent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is stated; this verse describes the fruit (phala) that follows proper tīrtha-snānā.