Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अभक्ष्यभक्षणं ज्ञात्वा हव्यवाहस्ततो नृप । शक्रस्योपरि मन्युं स्वं चक्रेऽतीव महीपते

Transliteration

abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ jñātvā havyavāhastato nṛpa | śakrasyopari manyuṃ svaṃ cakre'tīva mahīpate

Translation

Als Agni, der Träger der Opfergaben, erkannte, dass Verbotenes verzehrt worden war, entbrannte er, o König, o Herr der Erde, in übergroßem Zorn gegen Śakra.

Word by Word

• अभक्ष्यभक्षणम्: eating of what is not to be eaten
• अभक्ष्यभक्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभक्ष्य + भक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अभक्ष्यस्य भक्षणम्)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• हव्यवाहः: Agni, the carrier of oblations
• हव्यवाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हव्यं वहति इति)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereupon)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• शक्रस्य: of Indra (Śakra)
• शक्रस्य: Adhikarana/Relation (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon, against
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात/अव्यय (on/upon)

• मन्युम्: wrath, anger
• मन्युम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मन्युम् इति)

• चक्रे: he made, he directed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तीव्रतावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (very/exceedingly)

• महीपते: O lord of the earth
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीः पाति इति)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; precise speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni personified rises from flames, eyes blazing, posture of indignation; in the celestial background, Śakra/Indra is the target of Agni’s anger, suggesting a looming divine confrontation.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Havyavāha)
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma protects yajña and the gods’ order; when taboo and impurity enter sacred exchange, even divine relationships (Agni–Indra) are strained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; it is part of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s larger sacred narrative setting within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; the verse frames a ritual fault (abhakṣya involvement) and its divine repercussion.