Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कृतवत्यौ ततो होमं सुसमिद्धे हुताशने । अग्निकुण्डात्ततस्तस्माश्चतुर्हस्ता शुभानना

Transliteration

kṛtavatyau tato homaṃ susamiddhe hutāśane | agnikuṇḍāttatastasmāścaturhastā śubhānanā

Translation

Dann vollzogen sie das Homa im wohlentfachten Feuer. Aus eben dieser Feuergrube trat eine Göttin hervor, vierarmig und von glückverheißendem Antlitz.

Word by Word

• kṛtavatyau: the two (women) having performed
• kṛtavatyau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kṛtavatī (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा द्विवचन; क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle used predicatively): 'having done' (refers to two women)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर-वाचक (then)

• homam: fire-offering; homa
• homam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• su-samiddhe: well-kindled
• su-samiddhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + samiddha (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); विशेषण (qualifying hutāśane)

• hutāśane: in the fire (the eater of offerings)
• hutāśane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• agni-kuṇḍāt: from the fire-pit
• agni-kuṇḍāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान) एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (agnaye kuṇḍam)

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; 'thereupon/from there'

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक tad)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (ablatival form used adverbially): 'from that (place)'

• catur-hastā: four-handed
• catur-hastā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (one who has four hands)

• śubha-ānanā: having an auspicious face
• śubha-ānanā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śubham ānanam yasyāḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in māhātmya style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing, well-fed sacrificial fire in a square/round kuṇḍa; from the flames rises an auspicious four-armed goddess, serene yet powerful, framed by sparks and smoke like a divine aureole; priests/ascetics gaze in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Agni-kuṇḍa
• Devī (four-armed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed sacrifice (homa) at a sanctified place is shown to invite divine presence and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative centers on a sacred kuṇḍa where ritual fire becomes the gateway for divine manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa offered into a well-kindled fire (su-samiddha hutāśana).