Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

माधवाहं प्रतिदिनं सायंप्रातरिहाग्नये । त्वद्रूपाय तव प्रीत्यै सुरभेः पयसा हरे

Transliteration

mādhavāhaṃ pratidinaṃ sāyaṃprātarihāgnaye | tvadrūpāya tava prītyai surabheḥ payasā hare

Translation

ఓ మాధవా, నేను ప్రతిదినం సాయంకాలం మరియు ప్రాతఃకాలం ఇక్కడ అగ్నిలో—అది మీ స్వరూపమే—మీ ప్రీతికై, ఓ హరీ, సురభి పాలను ఆహుతిగా సమర్పించదలచుకున్నాను.

Word by Word

• mādhava: O Mādhava
• mādhava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Pronoun, Nominative singular

• pratidinam: every day
• pratidinam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग — Avyayibhava compound used adverbially

• sāyam-prātaḥ: in the evening and in the morning
• sāyam-prātaḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāyam + prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर), अव्ययवत् — Dvandva of two indeclinables, used adverbially

• iha: here
• iha: Sambandha (Locative adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place) — Adverb

• agnaye: to Agni (fire)
• agnaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — Masculine, Dative singular

• tvad-rūpāya: to your form
• tvad-rūpāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-सम्बद्ध) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (रूप-शब्द), चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तव रूपम्) — Dative singular; genitive tatpurusha

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive singular

• prītyai: for (your) pleasure
• prītyai: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — Feminine, Dative singular

• surabheḥ: of Surabhī (the cow)
• surabheḥ: Sambandha (Source/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surabhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive singular

• payasā: with milk
• payasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: payas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental singular

• hare: O Hari
• hare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative singular

Speaker

Mudgala

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mudgala vows to pour Surabhī’s milk into the sacred fire at dawn and dusk, seeing the fire as Hari’s own form; ritual vessels gleam beside the kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Agni
• Surabhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily discipline in worship—seeing sacred fire as the Lord’s form—turns routine practice into continuous devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya context frames the practice as part of Setu-region sacred living, though this verse emphasizes the vow rather than a named sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A twice-daily (morning and evening) homa into Agni using milk (payas), offered for Viṣṇu’s pleasure.