Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र विमानवरमाश्रितः । प्राप्तश्चित्रांगदोनाम गन्धर्वस्त्रिदिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare tatra vimānavaramāśritaḥ | prāptaścitrāṃgadonāma gandharvastridivaukasām

Translation

ในกาลนั้นเอง ณ ที่นั้น คันธรรพผู้สถิตในไตรทิพย์นามว่า จิตรางคทะ ได้มาถึง โดยอาศัยวิมานอันประเสริฐเป็นที่นั่ง

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• विमानवरम्: the excellent aerial car
• विमानवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna + vara (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—वरं विमानम् (excellent aerial car)

• आश्रितः: having resorted to, mounted
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग (used adjectivally for subject)

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग

• चित्रांगदः: Citrāṅgada
• चित्रांगदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citra + aṅgada (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक-निपात (particle indicating name)

• गन्धर्वः: a Gandharva
• गन्धर्वः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रिदिवौकसाम्: of the inhabitants of heaven
• त्रिदिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-diva + okas (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—त्रिदिवे ओकः येषाम् (those whose dwelling is in heaven)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna descends into a forest clearing; Citrāṅgada the Gandharva, adorned with celestial ornaments, appears amid light; trees bend in the breeze; the scene feels charged and fateful.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada
• Gandharva
• Vimāna
• Tridiva (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha landscapes are portrayed as meeting-grounds of worlds, where celestial beings move in response to dharma and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse indicates a sacred locale within the Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 144), but does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.