Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मंत्रपूतं पुरोडाशं जुहवामास पावके । हुतशेषं पुरोडाशं विभज्याध्वर्युरादरात्

Transliteration

maṃtrapūtaṃ puroḍāśaṃ juhavāmāsa pāvake | hutaśeṣaṃ puroḍāśaṃ vibhajyādhvaryurādarāt

Translation

Il versa dans le feu purificateur le puroḍāśa sanctifié par les mantras. Puis, avec révérence, l’Adhvaryu partagea la part restante du puroḍāśa offert.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रपूतम्: purified by mantra
• मन्त्रपूतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• पुरोडाशम्: puroḍāśa (sacrificial cake)
• पुरोडाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोडाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• जुहवामास: offered (into fire)
• जुहवामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) periphrastic (आमास-प्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• पावके: in the fire
• पावके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हुतशेषम्: remaining after offering
• हुतशेषम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हुत (प्रातिपदिक) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) / नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter as adjective), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• पुरोडाशम्: the puroḍāśa
• पुरोडाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोडाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विभज्य: having distributed/divided
• विभज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-√भज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• अध्वर्युः: the Adhvaryu priest
• अध्वर्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• आदरात्: out of respect/carefully
• आदरात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); हेत्वर्थे (cause)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (yajña-śeṣa/prasāda context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Adhvaryu offers mantra-purified puroḍāśa into the fire; afterward he carefully divides the remaining consecrated portion, hands poised with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Puroḍāśa
• Adhvaryu
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra and reverent procedure sanctify offerings, turning ritual action into a vehicle of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-kṣetra context frames the rite, though the verse itself focuses on the sacrificial act rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering mantra-sanctified puroḍāśa into Agni and then apportioning the huta-śeṣa (remaining consecrated portion).