Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तद्ब्रूहि मे प्रभोऽद्य त्वं येनाहं सर्वदा सुखी । भविष्यामि च येनाहं देवानां हव्यवाहकः

Transliteration

tadbrūhi me prabho'dya tvaṃ yenāhaṃ sarvadā sukhī | bhaviṣyāmi ca yenāhaṃ devānāṃ havyavāhakaḥ

Translation

„Sage es mir heute, o Herr: wodurch ich stets in Frieden sein werde und wodurch ich zum Träger der Opfergaben der Götter (havyavāhaka) werde.“

Word by Word

• tat: that (matter/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• brūhi: tell/say
• brūhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: to me / my
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/उपायार्थे

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• sukhī: happy
• sukhī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्-विशेषण)

• bhaviṣyāmi: I shall become
• bhaviṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; उपायार्थे

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• havyavāhakaḥ: carrier of oblations (Agni)
• havyavāhakaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havya (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हव्यस्य वाहकः)

Speaker

Agni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant (Agni/Jātavedas in anthropomorphic form) addresses Śiva with folded hands in a Himalayan shrine setting; devas stand as witnesses; the mood is earnest inquiry about attaining perpetual ease and the office of havyavāhana.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Śiva
• Devas
• Havya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right function (svadharma) brings peace; Agni seeks to align his role with Śiva’s command for the welfare of gods and worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the contextual tīrtha where this dharma-setting dialogue unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse alludes to yajña/homa through “havyavāhaka” (carrier of offerings), anticipating ritual order rather than prescribing a specific vow.