Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

कृतं तच्चेतसा तेन त्वामजीर्णं प्रवेक्ष्यति । श्वेतकेतोर्महायज्ञे घृतधाराभितर्पितम्

Transliteration

kṛtaṃ taccetasā tena tvāmajīrṇaṃ pravekṣyati | śvetaketormahāyajñe ghṛtadhārābhitarpitam

Translation

അവൻ മനസ്സിൽ അങ്ങനെ തീരുമാനിച്ചു; അതിനാൽ നീ ഇനിയും അജീർണ്ണമായിരിക്കുമ്പോഴേ അവൻ നിനക്കുള്ളിൽ പ്രവേശിക്കും—ശ്വേതകേതുവിന്റെ മഹായജ്ഞത്തിൽ ഘൃതധാരകളാൽ തൃപ്തനായ നീ.

Word by Word

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चेतसा: by mind/with intention
• चेतसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa/Karta (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अजीर्णम्: undigested/unassimilated
• अजीर्णम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-जीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वाम्)

• प्रवेक्ष्यति: will enter
• प्रवेक्ष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्वेतकेतोः: of Śvetaketu
• श्वेतकेतोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महायज्ञे: in the great sacrifice
• महायज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; महा + यज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• घृतधारा: a stream of ghee
• घृतधारा: Karaṇa (Means, implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत-धारा (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + धारा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (समासाङ्ग)

• अभितर्पितम्: satiated/filled (with offerings)
• अभितर्पितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + तृप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वाम्/अजीर्णम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Nārada context continues in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaketu-mahāyajña-bhūmi (remembered locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāvaka (Agni)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Flashback-like tableau: a grand yajña with Śvetaketu presiding, torrents of ghee poured into the fire; the narration hints that a destined being will enter Agni ‘while undigested’, emphasizing mystical causality.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetaketu
• Yajña
• Ghṛta (ghee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual intention (saṅkalpa) and sacrificial offering (ghṛta in yajña) are portrayed as potent forces that shape divine and cosmic events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on sacrificial context (Śvetaketu’s mahāyajña).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse alludes to ghṛtadhārā—continuous ghee-libations used to propitiate Agni in a great sacrifice.