Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

लक्षहोमविधानं च गृहमध्यविशुद्धये । वह्निप्रवेशनं तस्यास्तत्सुतायाः प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

lakṣahomavidhānaṃ ca gṛhamadhyaviśuddhaye | vahnipraveśanaṃ tasyāstatsutāyāḥ prakīrtitam

Translation

家の内奥を清めるために、彼はラクシャ・ホーマ――十万回の供物を火に捧げる儀――を定め、また彼女の娘には入火の行も宣言された。

Word by Word

• लक्षहोमविधानम्: the ordinance/procedure of a lakh (100,000) oblations
• लक्षहोमविधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष-होम-विधान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लक्षस्य होमस्य विधानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गृह: of the house
• गृह: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• मध्य: in the middle
• मध्य: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• विशुद्धये: for purification
• विशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (dative of purpose)

• वह्निप्रवेशनम्: entering into fire
• वह्निप्रवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि-प्रवेशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वह्नौ प्रवेशः/प्रवेशनम्)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: of that (her)
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• सुतायाः: of the daughter
• सुतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तितम्: has been proclaimed/declared
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Karma (Predicative/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कथितम्/उक्तम्’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (continuation of expiation rulings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated courtyard with a large yajña-kuṇḍa blazing; priests pour ghee in repeated oblations while the house interior is ritually purified; in the background, a solemn figure prepares for an ordeal-like fire-entry, watched by elders and the king’s retinue.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is treated as both personal and spatial: the home itself may require ritual rectification through fire-offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; it highlights purification rites rather than a named pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Lakṣa-homa (100,000 oblations) for house purification, and vahnipraveśana (entry into fire) for the daughter.