Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

अग्न आयाहि मन्त्रेण पादौ देवस्य पूजयेत् । आजिघ्रेति च मन्त्रेण पूजयेत्पुष्पमालया

Transliteration

agna āyāhi mantreṇa pādau devasya pūjayet | ājighreti ca mantreṇa pūjayetpuṣpamālayā

Translation

Mit dem Mantra „agna āyāhi…“ soll man die Füße der Gottheit verehren. Und mit dem Mantra „ājighre…“ soll man mit einer Blumengirlande verehren.

Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; मन्त्र-सम्बोधन

• आयाहि: come
• आयाहि: Kriya (Command within mantra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पादौ: the two feet
• पादौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आजिघ्रेति: “ājighre” (as the mantra)
• आजिघ्रेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + जिघ्रे (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम्; (आ + जिघ्रे = घ्रा-धातोः लिट्/आदेश-रूपं मन्त्रे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पुष्पमालया: with a garland of flowers
• पुष्पमालया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—पुष्पाणां माला (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-priest in Prabhāsa performs formal upacāra: washing and worshipping the deity’s feet, then placing a fragrant flower-garland, with mantra-recitation indicated by a palm-leaf/gesture; sea-breeze and coastal temple ambience implied.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhāskara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence is expressed through humble offerings—especially pāda-pūjā and floral adornment—guided by mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for authoritative ritual instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the deity’s feet with ‘agna āyāhi…’ and offer a flower garland with ‘ājighre…’.