Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तयक्ष्याम्यहं देहं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्

Transliteration

tasmāttayakṣyāmyahaṃ dehaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam

Translation

«C’est pourquoi je quitterai ce corps ; j’entrerai dans le feu du sacrifice.»

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्ष्यामि: I shall abandon
• त्यक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि: I shall enter
• प्रवेक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• हुताशनम्: the fire
• हुताशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत + अशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘oblation-eater’ = fire)

Speaker

Satī (Dākṣāyaṇī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-homa-kuṇḍa (mythic)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī stands at the edge of the blazing kuṇḍa, garments and ornaments catching the firelight; her face is calm with fierce resolve as flames rise like a living wall.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Hutāśana (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unwavering loyalty to Śiva and refusal to accept adharma and insult to the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the broader sacred setting of Kedārakhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on the Dakṣa-yajña event.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it references entry into the sacrificial fire (Agni) as a decisive act.