Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
Devanagari script
समरुत्तरुशाखाग्र प्रसारणमिषेण सः । कृताहूतिरिव प्रेम्णा वनेन वनमाविशत्
Transliteration
samaruttaruśākhāgra prasāraṇamiṣeṇa saḥ | kṛtāhūtiriva premṇā vanena vanamāviśat
Translation
समरुत्तरुशाखाग्रप्रसारणमिषेण सः; कृताहूतिरिव प्रेम्णा वनेन वनम् आविशत्।
Word by Word
सhe
स:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
मरुत्with the wind
मरुत्:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental sense in compound (with wind)
तरुof a tree
तरु:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive (in compound)
शाखाof a branch
शाखा:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootशाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive (in compound)
अग्रof the tip
अग्र:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive (in compound)
प्रसारणstretching/extension
प्रसारण:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative (in compound)
मिषेणby the pretext
मिषेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
कृताहूतिःone who has made an offering
कृताहूतिः:
Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (√कृ धातु, क्त) + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्मधारयः ‘कृता आहूतिः’
इवlike
इव:
Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमावाचक-अव्यय — comparative particle
प्रेम्णाwith affection
प्रेम्णा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
वनेनby/through the forest
वनेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
वनम्(another) forest; the forest-region
वनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular
आविशत्entered
आविशत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√विश् (विश् धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd sg
Speaker
Skanda to Agastya (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Wind moves through trees; branches extend like arms in greeting. The boy enters as if into a ritual arena; subtle fire-offering imagery overlays the scene—glowing motes like sparks around him.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaA
AgastyaD
DhruvaFAQs
The world responds to sincere dharma; auspicious signs mirror inner purity and the rightness of one’s spiritual direction.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse.
No direct prescription; the verse uses ritual imagery (āhūti/invocation) as a simile.