Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अग्निरुवाच । अयं जलाशयः पुण्यो मन्नाम्ना पृथिवीतले । ख्यातिं यातु चतुर्वक्त्र वह्नितीर्थमिति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

agniruvāca | ayaṃ jalāśayaḥ puṇyo mannāmnā pṛthivītale | khyātiṃ yātu caturvaktra vahnitīrthamiti smṛtam

Translation

ອັກນິກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ຜູ້ມີສີ່ພັກ (ຈະຕຸຣະມຸກ), ຂໍໃຫ້ອ່າງນ້ຳອັນສັກສິດນີ້ໃນໂລກ ໂດງດັງດ້ວຍນາມຂອງຂ້າ; ແລະຂໍໃຫ້ຈື່ຈຳວ່າ ‘ວະຫນິຕີຣຖະ’.”

Word by Word

• agniḥ: Agni
• agniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (qualifies jalāśayaḥ)

• jalāśayaḥ: water-reservoir, lake
• jalāśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• puṇyaḥ: holy
• puṇyaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• mat-nāmnā: by my name
• mat-nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by/with the name)

• pṛthivī-tale: on earth
• pṛthivī-tale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• khyātim: fame
• khyātim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• yātu: may it attain
• yātu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• catur-vaktra: O four-faced one (Brahmā)
• catur-vaktra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्या) + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (one who has four faces)

• vahni-tīrtham: Vahni-tīrtha (Fire’s ford/sacred place)
• vahni-tīrtham: Karma (Predicate nominative/name/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नाम (as a designation)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• smṛtam: is called/remembered as
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Agni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, personified, petitions Brahmā: ‘Let this sacred reservoir on earth be famed by my name—known as Vahnitīrtha.’

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Brahmā (Caturvaktra)
• Vahnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes a bridge to merit when sanctified by divine association and remembered through sacred naming.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vahnitīrtha—“the ford/sacred bathing place of Agni,” a holy reservoir established in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s name and sanctity.