Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्कस्मान्निश्चलं जातं विमानं पुष्पकं मम । अथाऽसौ सत्वरो देवि जगाम वसुधातले

Transliteration

tatkasmānniścalaṃ jātaṃ vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ mama | athā'sau satvaro devi jagāma vasudhātale

Translation

“既如此，为何我的普什帕迦天车竟然静止不动？”于是，噢女神，他急速下到大地之上。

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣya/Anuvāda (That matter)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (संदर्भवाचक)

• kasmāt: from what cause / why
• kasmāt: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान-हेतु), एकवचनम् (प्रश्नार्थक)

• niścalam: motionless
• niścalam: Karma (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niścala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (जातम् इति विशेषणम्)

• jātam: has become
• jātam: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (भवति/अभवत् इत्यर्थे)

• vimānam: the aerial car
• vimānam: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• puṣpakam: Puṣpaka
• puṣpakam: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (vimānam इति विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्य-बोधक अव्यय (then/now)

• asau: he
• asau: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (दूरवाचक)

• satvaraḥ: hastily
• satvaraḥ: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचनम्

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• vasudhā-tale: on the surface of the earth
• vasudhā-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘वसुधायाः तलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rākṣaseśa (lord of rākṣasas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Puṣpaka vimāna halts mid-sky above the sea-coast of Prabhāsa; the traveler, startled, looks down and hastens to descend toward the luminous kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Puṣpaka Vimāna
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When confronted by the sacred, inquiry and humility replace assumption and control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the setting that compels the descent and investigation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates Rāvaṇa’s reaction and movement.