Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

सप्तर्षिभिर्वह्निहोमं कुर्वद्भिर्मंत्रवीर्यतः । आगत्य तत्र जग्राह वह्निर्भागं च तं हुतम्

Transliteration

saptarṣibhirvahnihomaṃ kurvadbhirmaṃtravīryataḥ | āgatya tatra jagrāha vahnirbhāgaṃ ca taṃ hutam

Translation

मंत्रवीर्याने युक्त सप्तर्षी अग्नीत होम करीत असता, अग्नी तेथे येऊन त्या आहुतीतील आपला भाग घेऊन गेला.

Word by Word

• saptarṣibhiḥ: by the seven sages
• saptarṣibhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्विगुः: सप्त ऋषयः), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• vahni-homam: the fire-offering (Agni-homa)
• vahni-homam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक) + homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: वह्नेः होमः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kurvadbhiḥ: doing; performing
• kurvadbhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kurvat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; saptarṣibhiḥ-विशेषण

• mantra-vīryataḥ: by the power of the mantra
• mantra-vīryataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; समासः (तत्पुरुषः: मन्त्रस्य वीर्यम्)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + gam (धातु) → āgatya (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• jagrāha: took; seized
• jagrāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• vahniḥ: Agni; fire
• vahniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhāgam: a share; portion
• bhāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

• hutam: offered; oblated
• hutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hu (धातु) → huta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; tam-विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saptaṛṣi-yajña-sthāna (Himalayan hermitage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seven sages seated around a blazing square fire-altar, ladles raised; Agni appears as a radiant deity emerging from the flames, receiving the oblation portion with solemn dignity.

Characters & Entities

• Saptarṣi (Seven Sages)
• Agni (Vahni)
• Homa
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual order (yajña-dharma) sustains cosmic harmony: offerings made with mantra-power reach the deity and are duly received.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a tīrtha; it situates the ritual in the Himālaya context introduced nearby.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vahni-homa (fire-offering to Agni) performed with mantra-vīrya (mantric potency) and proper distribution of the deity’s bhāga (share).