Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । हव्यवाहमुखं वत्स न प्राप्स्यसि ममाज्ञया । मम लोके निवासश्च तव पुत्र भविष्यति

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | havyavāhamukhaṃ vatsa na prāpsyasi mamājñayā | mama loke nivāsaśca tava putra bhaviṣyati

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Mein Kind, nach Meinem Gebot wirst du den Zustand ‘Havyavāha-mukha’ nicht erlangen. Doch dein Sohn wird Wohnstatt in Meiner Welt finden.“

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हव्यवाहमुखम्: the mouth of Agni
• हव्यवाहमुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहमुख (प्रातिपदिक; हव्यवाह + मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (the mouth of Havyavāha=Agni)

• वत्स: O child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आज्ञया: by (my) command
• आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (by/through) command

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लोके: in (my) world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• निवासः: dwelling; residence
• निवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be; will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā taṭa (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maṇināga

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks with calm authority, gently denying one specific attainment (‘Havyavāha-mukha’) while granting a compensatory blessing: the devotee’s son will dwell in Śiva’s realm.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Havyavāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace may deny one form of attainment yet still grant a higher fruit—here, the promise of Śiva-loka for the devotee’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa, glorifying the Revā/Narmadā sacred region and its Śaiva tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a boon/decision spoken by Śiva within the tīrtha narrative.