Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सुदर्शनाया लाभेन परितुष्टो हुताशनः । ज्वलते सन्निधौ नित्यं माहिष्मत्यां युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

sudarśanāyā lābhena parituṣṭo hutāśanaḥ | jvalate sannidhau nityaṃ māhiṣmatyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

સુદર્શનાનું લાભ મળતાં પ્રસન્ન થયેલો હુતાશન (અગ્નિદેવ), હે યુધિષ્ઠિર, માહિષ્મતીમાં સદા સન્નિધિમાં જ્વલિત રહે છે।

Word by Word

• सुदर्शनायाः: of Sudarśanā
• सुदर्शनायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• लाभेन: by/through the gain
• लाभेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• परितुष्टः: fully satisfied
• परितुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+तुष् (धातु) → परितुष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• हुताशनः: Fire (Agni)
• हुताशनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत+अशन (प्रातिपदिक); अग्नि-पर्याय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः)

• ज्वलते: blazes
• ज्वलते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सन्निधौ: in (its) presence/nearby
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• माहिष्मत्याम्: in Māhiṣmatī
• माहिष्मत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहिष्मती (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha (at Māhiṣmatī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, pleased, blazes steadily near Māhiṣmatī; the riverbank and city silhouette frame an ever-burning sacred flame, suggesting a perpetual altar by the Revā.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśanā
• Hutāśana (Agni)
• Māhiṣmatī
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is fulfilled, divine forces become steady protectors—Agni’s abiding presence symbolizes sanctified order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māhiṣmatī is explicitly praised as the place where Agni remains ever-present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it states the enduring sacred presence (nitya-sannidhi) of Agni at the place.