Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा भगवतीं करे गृह्य मुदान्वितः । विमानवरमारोप्य लीलया प्रययौ तदा

Transliteration

evamuktvā bhagavatīṃ kare gṛhya mudānvitaḥ | vimānavaramāropya līlayā prayayau tadā

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าผู้เปี่ยมปีติทรงจับพระหัตถ์พระเทวี ประทับนางบนวิมานอันเลิศ แล้วเสด็จไปด้วยลีลาอันรื่นรมย์

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having said)

• भगवतीम्: the Goddess
• भगवतीम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• करे: in the hand
• करे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘करे’ = in/at the hand

• गृह्य: having taken (holding)
• गृह्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यबन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having taken/holding’

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘with joy’

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed/possessed)

• विमानवरम्: the excellent aerial car
• विमानवरम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/विशेषण-तत्पुरुषः (श्रेष्ठं विमानम्)

• आरोप्य: having mounted (it)
• आरोप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्/रुह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यबन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having mounted/placed (upon)’

• लीलया: playfully
• लीलया: Karaṇa (Manner/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘playfully/as a sport’

• प्रययौ: went forth
• प्रययौ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: then)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva joyfully takes Pārvatī’s hand, seats her in a splendid vimāna, and they depart in playful divine sport over a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Vimāna
• Bhagavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion guides the seeker directly—symbolized by taking the hand—toward the place where sacred knowledge is disclosed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse narrates the departure toward the tīrtha; the site is described in the subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative movement verse leading into the tīrtha’s description.