Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

अग्न आयाहि मन्त्रेण पादौ देवस्य पूजयेत् । आजिघ्रेति च मन्त्रेण पूजयेत्पुष्पमालया

Transliteration

agna āyāhi mantreṇa pādau devasya pūjayet | ājighreti ca mantreṇa pūjayetpuṣpamālayā

Translation

بمانترا «agna āyāhi…» تُعبَد قدما الإله. وبمانترا «ājighre…» تُؤدَّى العبادة بتقديم إكليلٍ من الزهور.

Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; मन्त्र-सम्बोधन

• आयाहि: come
• आयाहि: Kriya (Command within mantra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पादौ: the two feet
• पादौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आजिघ्रेति: “ājighre” (as the mantra)
• आजिघ्रेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + जिघ्रे (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम्; (आ + जिघ्रे = घ्रा-धातोः लिट्/आदेश-रूपं मन्त्रे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पुष्पमालया: with a garland of flowers
• पुष्पमालया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—पुष्पाणां माला (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-priest in Prabhāsa performs formal upacāra: washing and worshipping the deity’s feet, then placing a fragrant flower-garland, with mantra-recitation indicated by a palm-leaf/gesture; sea-breeze and coastal temple ambience implied.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhāskara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence is expressed through humble offerings—especially pāda-pūjā and floral adornment—guided by mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for authoritative ritual instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the deity’s feet with ‘agna āyāhi…’ and offer a flower garland with ‘ājighre…’.