Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

हूयंतामग्निहोत्राणि देवताः सर्वदा द्विजाः । इज्यंतां विविधैर्यागैः क्रियतां पितृपूजनम्

Transliteration

hūyaṃtāmagnihotrāṇi devatāḥ sarvadā dvijāḥ | ijyaṃtāṃ vividhairyāgaiḥ kriyatāṃ pitṛpūjanam

Translation

Ô deux-fois-nés, que les offrandes d’Agnihotra soient accomplies, et que les divinités soient honorées sans cesse. Que des sacrifices variés soient offerts, et que le culte aux ancêtres soit dûment rendu.

Word by Word

• हूयन्ताम्: let (them) be offered
• हूयन्ताम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative)

• अग्निहोत्राणि: Agnihotra rites/offerings
• अग्निहोत्राणि: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि वाक्ये कर्तृवत् (subject of passive)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (अर्थतः) देवतापूजनविषयाः

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थेऽपि

• इज्यन्ताम्: let (them) be worshipped
• इज्यन्ताम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative)

• विविधैः: by various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (यागैः)

• यागैः: sacrifices/rites
• यागैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative)

• पितृपूजनम्: worship of the ancestors
• पितृपूजनम्: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-पूजन (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + पूजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि वाक्ये कर्तृवत्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ / brāhmaṇas addressed directly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas tending sacred fires at dawn, offering oblations; nearby, a shrine with lamps and flowers; a separate rite of pitṛ-pūjā with water offerings and kuśa grass, all within the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Agnihotra
• Devatās
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained dharma—fire-rites, deity worship, and honoring ancestors—purifies life and anchors spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a place where Vedic and ancestral rites flourish and bear merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra, regular devatā-pūjā, varied yajñas, and pitṛ-pūjana (ancestral honoring).