Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अग्न्यगारैश्च बहुभिर्वृक्षशाखावलंबितैः । धूगम्रपानकणैस्तत्र दिग्वासोयतिभिस्तथा

Transliteration

agnyagāraiśca bahubhirvṛkṣaśākhāvalaṃbitaiḥ | dhūgamrapānakaṇaistatra digvāsoyatibhistathā

Translation

Il était pourvu de nombreux sanctuaires du Feu, suspendus aux branches des arbres ; et l’on y voyait aussi des ascètes vêtus du ciel, au milieu des volutes et des fines particules de fumée issues de leurs feux rituels.

Word by Word

• अग्न्यगारैः: with fire-houses / fire-sheds
• अग्न्यगारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + आगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः आगारम्)

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

• बहुभिः: with many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• वृक्षशाखावलंबितैः: hanging from tree-branches
• वृक्षशाखावलंबितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शाखा (प्रातिपदिक) + अवलम्बित (कृदन्त; अव√लम्ब् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुषः (वृक्षशाखायाम् अवलम्बित)

• धूगम्रपानकणैः: with particles of smoke and mango-drink (spray/droplets)
• धूगम्रपानकणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक) + कण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (धूम-अम्र-पान-सम्बद्धाः कणाः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• दिग्वासोयतिभिः: with sky-clad ascetics
• दिग्वासोयतिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक) + यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (दिग्वासाः यतयः = दिगम्बर-यतयः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense forest āśrama with multiple agnyāgāras; small fire-altars appear elevated or suspended among tree branches; smoke curls upward; sky-clad ascetics (digambara yatis) sit in meditation amid embers and ash.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through tapas and sacred fire rites; the āśrama is portrayed as a living center of Vedic discipline and renunciation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The principal hermitage-zone within Dharmāraṇya, marked by agnyagāras and resident ascetics.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The maintenance of sacred fires (agnyagāra/agnihotra context) is implied, though no explicit injunction is stated.