Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वे प्रकर्तव्यं हव्यवाहप्रवेशनम् । अस्माभिर्निश्चयो ह्येष तवाग्रे सांप्रतं कृतः

Transliteration

tasmātsarve prakartavyaṃ havyavāhapraveśanam | asmābhirniścayo hyeṣa tavāgre sāṃprataṃ kṛtaḥ

Translation

ଏହେତୁ ଆମେ ସମସ୍ତେ ଅଗ୍ନିରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରିବା ଉଚିତ; ଏହି ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଆମେ ଏମାତ୍ର ତୁମ ସାମ୍ନାରେ କରିଛୁ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वे: all (of us)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: to be done / must be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kṛ (कृ धातु) + tavya (तव्य)
• Form: तव्य-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom/Acc sg); अर्थः—'must be done'

• हव्यवाहप्रवेशनम्: entering the fire
• हव्यवाहप्रवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havyavāha + praveśana (प्रातिपदिक); हव्यवाह (अग्नि) + प्रवेशन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—'हव्यवाहस्य प्रवेशः'

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निश्चयः: decision, resolve
• निश्चयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अर्थः—'indeed/for'

• एषः: this
• एषः: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अग्रे: in front (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सांप्रतम्: now
• सांप्रतम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थः—'now/at present'

• कृतः: made
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अर्थः—'made/done'

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas/devotees (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of brāhmaṇas, faces set with grim determination, declare before the unseen Lord that they will enter fire; the air is tense, sacred, and dangerous.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Havyavāha)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts a moment of desperation where devotion collapses into extremity—setting the stage for divine intervention and a reorientation toward true dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the verse itself does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Havyavāha-praveśana—entering fire (a narrative act, not a general prescription).