Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

प्राविश्याऽत्र जले पुण्ये पंचत्वं समुपागतः । ततश्च तत्क्षणादेव विमानं समुपस्थितम्

Transliteration

prāviśyā'tra jale puṇye paṃcatvaṃ samupāgataḥ | tataśca tatkṣaṇādeva vimānaṃ samupasthitam

Translation

Pagpasok ko sa banal na tubig na ito, dumating ang aking wakas at naging isa sa limang sangkap ng kalikasan. At sa mismong sandaling iyon, nagpakita ang isang makalangit na sasakyang vimāna.

Word by Word

• prāviśya: having entered
• prāviśya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√viś (विश्, धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थक अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) = having entered

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• jale: in the water
• jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• puṇye: holy, meritorious
• puṇye: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of jale)

• paṃcatvam: death; dissolution into five elements
• paṃcatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म—‘पञ्चत्वं’ (state of the five elements, i.e., death)

• samupāgataḥ: attained, reached
• samupāgataḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-√gam (गम्, धातु) + kta (क्त) → samupāgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियापदवत्—‘समुपागतः’ = reached/attained

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः ‘तत् क्षणः’ (that moment); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान/काल-निर्देश (from that moment)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• vimānam: celestial chariot
• vimānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवत् (subject)

• samupasthitam: appeared, arrived
• samupasthitam: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-√sthā (स्था, धातु) + kta (क्त) → samupasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियापदवत्—‘समुपस्थितम्’ = appeared/arrived (agreeing with vimānam)

Speaker

Unspecified (same repentant former king speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pilgrim enters the glowing sacred water; as life departs, a radiant vimāna descends from the sky with light beams; the shoreline witnesses are awestruck; the moment is instantaneous and miraculous.

Characters & Entities

• vimāna (celestial chariot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity can transform the fate after death, symbolized by the immediate appearance of a vimāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “holy water here” (jale puṇye) of the chapter’s tīrtha; its power is shown through instant divine response.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering/bathing in the sacred water (snāna and immersion) is the implied act producing merit.