Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

मधुनाक्तं दधियुतं जलपानसमन्वितम् । तेनैव हविषा वह्नौ जुहुयान्मंत्रभाविते

Transliteration

madhunāktaṃ dadhiyutaṃ jalapānasamanvitam | tenaiva haviṣā vahnau juhuyānmaṃtrabhāvite

Translation

मधुनालिप्तं दधिसंयुक्तं जलपानसमन्वितम् । तेनैव हविषा वह्नौ मन्त्रसंस्कारिते जुहुयात् ॥

Word by Word

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• आक्तम्: smeared/anointed
• आक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्ज् (धातु) → आक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle, accusative singular (agreeing with implied हविः/द्रव्य)

• दधि-युतम्: mixed with curd
• दधि-युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दधिना युतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular (qualifying offering)

• जल-पान-समन्वितम्: accompanied with water for drinking
• जल-पान-समन्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जलेन पानं/जलपानं तेन समन्वितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular (qualifying offering)

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• हविषा: with the oblation
• हविषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular

• वह्नौ: in the fire
• वह्नौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular

• जुहुयात्: should offer (into fire)
• जुहुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should offer (make oblation)

• मन्त्र-भाविते: (when/being) consecrated by mantras
• मन्त्र-भाविते: Adhikarana (Location/Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भावित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मन्त्रेण भाविते), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative singular (qualifying implied कर्म/हविः: ‘when/where consecrated by mantra’)

Speaker

Unspecified (instructional narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small homa-kuṇḍa before a Śiva-liṅga; the devotee offers a honey-and-curd-smeared havis into the flame while holding a water vessel; mantra recitation implied by gesture and rosary.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra sanctifies action—offerings become spiritually potent when dedicated through sacred speech and discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse describes a general rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare the offering with honey and curd, provide water, and perform homa by offering the same havi into the fire with mantra-consecration.