Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठन्नेव सहसा दिव्यं रूपमवाप्तवान् । विमानवरमारूढो देवस्त्रीपरिवारितः

Transliteration

uttiṣṭhanneva sahasā divyaṃ rūpamavāptavān | vimānavaramārūḍho devastrīparivāritaḥ

Translation

ครั้นลุกขึ้น เขาก็บรรลุรูปทิพย์ในทันใด; ขึ้นประทับบนวิมานอันเลิศ และมีนางฟ้าเทวสตรีรายล้อม

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठन्: rising/standing up
• उत्तिष्ठन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Present active participle; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• एव: just, indeed
• एव: None (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — Emphatic particle

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक) — Adverb

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (रूपम्)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अवाप्तवान्: obtained
• अवाप्तवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवत्-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Past perfective participle used as finite sense

• विमानवरम्: a splendid aerial car
• विमानवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समासः कर्मधारय (वरं विमानम्)

• आरूढः: mounted
• आरूढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Past active participle; विशेषणम् (सः)

• देवस्त्रीपरिवारितः: surrounded by divine women
• देवस्त्रीपरिवारितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक; देव + स्त्री) + परिवारित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कृदन्त (क्त, भूतकर्मणि) ‘परिवारित’; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (देवस्त्रीभिः परिवारितः)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: He rises from the sacred waters radiant and transformed; a jeweled vimāna descends, and he ascends surrounded by devastrīs (apsaras), with the sea and Setu shining below.

Characters & Entities

• Vimāna
• Deva-strī (celestial women)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text celebrates tīrtha-grace as swift and visible—purification culminates in divine elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha, later known as Vetāla-varadā, famed for granting exalted results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The result follows tīrtha-snāna/immersion; no additional rite is stated in this verse.