Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

जातवेदसमंत्रेण तिलाज्यद्रविणेन च । शतमष्टाधिकं होमं कारयेद्विधिना व्रती

Transliteration

jātavedasamaṃtreṇa tilājyadraviṇena ca | śatamaṣṭādhikaṃ homaṃ kārayedvidhinā vratī

Translation

జాతవేదస్ మంత్రంతో, నువ్వులు, నెయ్యి మరియు ద్రవ్యాహుతులతో, వ్రతధారి విధిగా నూరెనిమిది ఆహుతుల హోమం చేయించాలి।

Word by Word

• jātavedasa-maṃtreṇa: with the Jātavedas mantra
• jātavedasa-maṃtreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātavedas (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jātavedasasya mantraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणार्थे (by means of)

• tila-ājya-draviṇena: with sesame, ghee, and wealth (offerings)
• tila-ājya-draviṇena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + ājya (प्रातिपदिक) + draviṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (tila+ājya+draviṇa as a set of offerings); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणार्थे

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Visheshana (Quantifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (hundred)

• aṣṭa-adhikam: eight more (i.e., 108)
• aṣṭa-adhikam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (aṣṭabhiḥ adhikam = eight more); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; śatam इति संख्यायाः विशेषणम्

• homam: homa (fire-offering)
• homam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kārayet: should have (it) performed
• kārayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: cause to be done); विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vidhinā: according to the prescribed method
• vidhinā: Karana (Manner/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; प्रकार/विधिवाचक (according to rule)

• vratī: the vow-observer
• vratī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vratin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; व्रतधारी

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of a homa: the priest/devotee offers sesame and ghee into a bright, controlled flame while reciting Jātavedas; a counting rosary or tally sticks indicate 108 offerings; ritual vessels arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Homa
• 108 (number)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata culminates in sanctifying action through Agni—offering with mantra, measure, and method.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is taught within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered dharma framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform a 108-offering homa using the Jātavedas mantra with sesame and ghee.