Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

स च राजा विमानेन दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपनः । जगाम भवनं विष्णोर्विबुधैरनुसंस्तुतः

Transliteration

sa ca rājā vimānena divyamālyānulepanaḥ | jagāma bhavanaṃ viṣṇorvibudhairanusaṃstutaḥ

Translation

وہ بادشاہ آسمانی وِمان میں سوار، الٰہی ہاروں اور خوشبودار لیپ سے آراستہ، دیوتاؤں کی ستائش کے ساتھ وِشنو کے دھام کو روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलेपनः: adorned with divine garlands and unguents
• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलेपनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative): ‘(having) divine garlands and unguents’ (as an epithet)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भवनम्: to the abode/house
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विबुधैः: by the gods/wise beings
• विबुधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अनुसंस्तुतः: praised (extolled)
• अनुसंस्तुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-सम्-स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (praised)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas / dvija-śreṣṭhas (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous king, radiant with divine garlands and sandal unguents, ascends in a jeweled vimāna; devas line the sky praising him as he journeys toward Viṣṇu’s luminous abode.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛga
• Viṣṇu
• Vibudhas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace culminates in elevation to Viṣṇu’s abode; purāṇic dharma frames liberation as both moral transformation and divine bestowal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā region and the Nṛga-tīrtha context that leads to the king’s liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes the फल (result)—ascent to Viṣṇuloka.