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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

तस्याः क्षीरेण नित्यं स सायं प्रातर्द्विजो मुनिः । करोति होममग्नौ हि सुसमिद्धे जितव्रतः

tasyāḥ kṣīreṇa nityaṃ sa sāyaṃ prātardvijo muniḥ | karoti homamagnau hi susamiddhe jitavrataḥ

Dengan susu daripadanya setiap hari, sang muni yang dua kali lahir itu melakukan homa ke dalam api suci yang menyala baik—pada petang dan pagi—teguh memegang vratanya.

तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of her’
क्षीरेणwith milk
क्षीरेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘with milk’
नित्यम्daily
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोगः)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययप्रयोगः (adverbial accusative: ‘always/daily’)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘he’
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb ‘in the evening’)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb ‘in the morning’)
द्विजःthe twice-born (brahmin)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘twice-born (brahmin)’
मुनिःsage
मुनिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘sage’ (apposition to द्विजः)
करोतिperforms
करोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘does/performs’
होमम्fire-offering
होमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘homa’
अग्नौin the fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the fire’
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये निपातः (particle ‘indeed/for’)
सुसमिद्धेwell-kindled
सुसमिद्धे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + समिद्ध (कृदन्त; सम्+√इध् ‘to kindle’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with अग्नौ understood: ‘in well-kindled (fire)’)
जितव्रतःself-controlled, firm in vows
जितव्रतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jita-vrata: ‘one whose vows are conquered/controlled’; self-restrained)

Sūta (deduced, continuous narration)

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A disciplined sage performs morning and evening homa before a bright, well-fed fire; vessels of milk/ghee nearby, the āśrama calm and ordered.

N
Nandinī
D
Dvija Muni
A
Agni
H
Homa

FAQs

Steadfast daily worship—performed with purity and regularity—sustains dharma and strengthens inner discipline (vrata).

Indirectly the Arbuda sacred landscape is the setting; the verse emphasizes āśrama practice within that tīrtha-region.

Daily homa/Agnihotra performed morning and evening in a well-kindled fire, using milk as the offering substance.