Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

कल्पकालोज्जवालापूरितांबरगोचरः । हुताश उरणारूढः शक्तिहस्तो व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

kalpakālojjavālāpūritāṃbaragocaraḥ | hutāśa uraṇārūḍhaḥ śaktihasto vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

Agni (Hutāśa), leuchtend wie das Feuer am Ende eines Kalpa und den Himmel mit Glanz erfüllend, stand bereit—auf einem Widder reitend und den Speer in der Hand haltend.

Word by Word

• kalpakālojjavālāpūritāṃbaragocaraḥ: whose range was the sky filled with blaze like at the end of an aeon
• kalpakālojjavālāpūritāṃbaragocaraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalpakāla + ujjvālā + pūrita + ambara + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः—‘कल्पकाल-उज्ज्वाला’ (bright like the time of dissolution) + ‘पूरित-अम्बर’ (sky-filling) + ‘गोचर’ (range/field of vision)

• hutāśaḥ: Agni (Fire-god)
• hutāśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uraṇārūḍhaḥ: mounted on an uraṇa (ram)
• uraṇārūḍhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uraṇa + ārūḍha (प्रातिपदिक; √ruh with ā-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘ārūḍha’ (mounted) + ‘uraṇa’ (ram/antelope-like mount)

• śaktihastaḥ: spear-in-hand
• śaktihastaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakti + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘शक्तिः हस्ते यस्य’ (having a spear in hand)

• vyavasthitaḥ: stood ready/was stationed
• vyavasthitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्थित/ready

Speaker

Deductive (contextual): narrator voice (often Sūta) describing Agni’s form

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni blazes like the end-of-age conflagration, filling the sky with incandescent glow; he stands poised on a ram, spear raised, flames forming a radiant canopy around him.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Hutāśa)
• Śakti (spear)
• Ram (uraṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Agni symbolizes purifying power—divine energy that consumes impurity and strengthens dharma in times of crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a depiction of a deity in battle readiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly, though Agni’s identity as Hutāśa recalls the centrality of offerings in yajña.