Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

नाम्ना संपूजयामास तुष्टाव स्तुतिभिर्मुदा । ततो जगाम देशं स्वं देवानां हव्यवाहनः

Transliteration

nāmnā saṃpūjayāmāsa tuṣṭāva stutibhirmudā | tato jagāma deśaṃ svaṃ devānāṃ havyavāhanaḥ

Translation

അവൻ നാമോച്ചാരണത്തോടെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജ നടത്തി, ആനന്ദത്തോടെ സ്തുതികളാൽ പ്രഭുവിനെ പുകഴ്ത്തി. പിന്നെ ദേവന്മാരുടെ ഹവ്യവാഹനൻ തന്റെ ധാമത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി.

Word by Word

• नाम्ना: by name; with (his) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• संपूजयामास: worshipped fully
• संपूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग + णिच्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्तुतिभिः: with hymns/praises
• स्तुतिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देशम्: to (his) place/region
• देशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (देशम्)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• हव्यवाहनः: Havyavāhana (Agni)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṅgaleśvara (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied by surrounding address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni performs formal worship, chanting the deity’s name and singing hymns with joy before departing to his celestial abode.

Characters & Entities

• Havyavāhana (Agni)
• Piṅgaleśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion includes praise and worship after blessings—gratitude sustains dharma and deepens one’s bond with the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Piṅgaleśvara locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā and stuti (formal worship and hymn-recitation) offered to Śiva at the established shrine.