Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

हविर्द्धानं सदश्चैव उत्तरा वेदिरेव च । ब्रह्मणः सदनाग्नीध्रीत्येवं स्थानानि चक्रिरे

Transliteration

havirddhānaṃ sadaścaiva uttarā vedireva ca | brahmaṇaḥ sadanāgnīdhrītyevaṃ sthānāni cakrire

Translation

ونظّموا مواضع الشعيرة: هَفِرْدْهَانَا (Havirdhāna)، وقاعة سَدَس (Sadas)، والمذبح الشمالي، وكذلك جناح براهما مع موضع الآغنيدهرا (Āgnīdhra)؛ وهكذا رتّبوا المخطّط المقدّس على هيئته الصحيحة.

Word by Word

• हविर्धानम्: havis-receptacle (haviṣdhāna)
• हविर्धानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हविषां धानम्)

• सदः: sadas (sacrificial hall)
• सदः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• उत्तराम्: northern
• उत्तराम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘वेदिम्’)

• वेदिम्: altar
• वेदिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्रह्मणः: of the Brahman-priest
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदनम्: seat/house
• सदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (सदनाग्नीध्री)

• अग्नीध्रीम्: agnīdhra’s station
• अग्नीध्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agnīdhri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; यज्ञाङ्गविशेष (place/office of Agnīdhra)

• इति: thus (as follows)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/Enumeration marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यर्थक (quotative/marker of enumeration)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक

• स्थानानि: places/stations
• स्थानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• चक्रिरे: they made/arranged
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya sections)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet vivid yajña-ground: labeled stations—Havirdhāna store, Sadas hall for priests, Uttara-vedi, Brahmā’s pavilion, and the Āgnīdhra’s post—arranged with geometric precision.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Āgnīdhra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through correct sacred order—ritual spaces are consecrated by precise arrangement and intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated as a preeminent sacred field where great rites are established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The delineation of yajña-stations such as Havirdhāna, Sadas, the northern Vedi, and the seats for Brahmā and the Āgnīdhra priest.