Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

वह्निकोणे तु हेरंबं सर्वविघ्नोपशांतये । रक्तचंदन पुष्पैश्च चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः

Transliteration

vahnikoṇe tu heraṃbaṃ sarvavighnopaśāṃtaye | raktacaṃdana puṣpaiśca cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Im Feuerwinkel (Agni-Richtung) soll Heramba verehrt werden, um alle Hindernisse zu besänftigen—besonders während der Cāturmāsya-Zeit—mit rotem Sandelholz und Blumen.

Word by Word

• वह्निकोणे: in the fire-corner (southeast)
• वह्निकोणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि + कोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वह्नेः कोणे)

• तु: indeed, however
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• हेरम्बम्: Heramba (Gaṇeśa)
• हेरम्बम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेरम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये: for the pacification of all obstacles
• सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient—सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + विघ्न + उपशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां विघ्नानाम् उपशान्तये)

• रक्तचन्दन: red sandalwood
• रक्तचन्दन: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त + चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (stem used as first member); कर्मधारय (रक्तं चन्दनम् = red sandalwood)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/Means—करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pūjā-maṇḍala with the southeast (Agni) corner marked; Heramba/Gaṇeśa is installed there, glowing with vermilion-red accents; devotees offer red sandal paste and red blossoms during the rainy-season Cāturmāsya observance.

Characters & Entities

• Heramba
• Gaṇeśa
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obstacles are best overcome through disciplined seasonal worship (Cāturmāsya) and devotion to Heramba (Gaṇeśa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is primarily a household-directional worship prescription within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; no single named tīrtha is specified in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Heramba in the Agni (southeast) corner with red sandalwood and flowers, with special emphasis during Cāturmāsya.