Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

हुतहव्यवहश्चैव धरस्य द्रविण स्मृतः । मनोजवोऽनिलस्यासीदविज्ञातगतिस्तथा

Transliteration

hutahavyavahaścaiva dharasya draviṇa smṛtaḥ | manojavo'nilasyāsīdavijñātagatistathā

Translation

হুতহব্যৱহক ধৰৰ পুত্ৰ বুলি স্মৰণ কৰা হয়, আৰু দ্ৰৱিণো তেনেদৰে। অনিলৰ পৰা মনোজৱ আৰু তদ্ৰূপে অৱিজ্ঞাতগতি জন্মিল।

Word by Word

• हुतहव्यवहः: Hutahavyavaha (Agni, carrier of oblations)
• हुतहव्यवहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत + हव्य + वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'carrier of offered oblations')

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic)

• धरस्य: of Dhara
• धरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• द्रविणः: Draviṇa
• द्रविणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्मृतः: is remembered/said
• स्मृतः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• मनोजवः: Manojava (swift as thought)
• मनोजवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् + जव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'speed of mind' → 'swift as mind')

• अनिलस्य: of Anila
• अनिलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अविज्ञातगतिः: Avijñātagati (of unknowable course)
• अविज्ञातगतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + विज्ञात + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (descriptive: 'unknown' + 'movement/way')

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Discourse adverb (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थ (also/likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer/disciple figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter points to sacrificial fire (Hutahavyavaha) and a swirling wind current (Anila). Two youthful figures—Manojava (mind-swift) and Avijñātagati (unknown-course)—move like gusts across the coastal Prabhāsa landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Dhara
• Hutahavyavaha
• Draviṇa
• Anila
• Manojava
• Avijñātagati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It personifies natural and ritual forces—offering-fire, wealth, wind, speed—showing them as sacred powers within Dharma’s ordered universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra provides the māhātmya frame; this verse itself is genealogical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the name Hutahavyavaha evokes Vedic offering-fire symbolism.