Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मंत्रपूतं महार्हं च विधियुक्तं सुसंस्कृतम् । वाडवानां मुखाग्नौ च हूयतेऽहर्निशं हविः

Transliteration

maṃtrapūtaṃ mahārhaṃ ca vidhiyuktaṃ susaṃskṛtam | vāḍavānāṃ mukhāgnau ca hūyate'harniśaṃ haviḥ

Translation

Les oblations, purifiées par les mantras—précieuses, accomplies selon la règle et soigneusement préparées—sont offertes jour et nuit dans le feu-bouche des Vāḍavas.

Word by Word

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

• महार्हम्: highly valuable
• महार्हम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• विधियुक्तम्: accompanied by proper rite
• विधियुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'युक्त' = क्त (PPP)

• सुसंस्कृतम्: well-prepared, well-refined
• सुसंस्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + संस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'संस्कृत' = क्त (PPP)

• वाडवानाम्: of the mares (vāḍavas)
• वाडवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मुखाग्नौ: in the mouth-fire
• मुखाग्नौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• हूयते: is offered (into fire)
• हूयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहर्निशम्: day and night, continually
• अहर्निशम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहन् + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time; accusative used adverbially)

• हविः: the oblation
• हविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-and-day yajña scene: a sacred fire blazing, priests offering clarified butter and fragrant oblations; continuous relay of offerings; the city’s temples glowing in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Vāḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action becomes sacred and meritorious when purified by mantra, prepared with care, and performed according to vidhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is depicted as a land of uninterrupted sacred rites and disciplined offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Homa/yajña-style oblations (havis) offered with mantra and proper procedure, carried out continually (aharniśam).