Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अग्निहोत्ररता विप्रास्तथाग्निब्रह्मचारिणः । पंचाग्निव्रतिनो ये वै तेऽग्निलोकेग्नितेजसः

Transliteration

agnihotraratā viprāstathāgnibrahmacāriṇaḥ | paṃcāgnivratino ye vai te'gnilokegnitejasaḥ

Translation

พราหมณ์ผู้ยินดีในอัคนิโหตระ ผู้ประพฤติพรหมจรรย์เพื่อรับใช้ไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์ และผู้ถือวัตรปัญจอัคนี—แท้จริงย่อมพำนักในโลกแห่งอัคนี ส่องประกายด้วยเดชอัคนี

Word by Word

• अग्निहोत्ररताः: devoted to the agnihotra rite
• अग्निहोत्ररताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थकः (अग्निहोत्रे रताः)

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• अग्निब्रह्मचारिणः: fire-disciples / those observing brahmacarya with (service to) fire
• अग्निब्रह्मचारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः/अग्नौ ब्रह्मचारिणः)

• पञ्चाग्निव्रतिनः: observers of the five-fire vow
• पञ्चाग्निव्रतिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चाग्नि-व्रतं येषां ते)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अग्निलोके: in the world of Agni
• अग्निलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः लोकः)

• अग्नितेजसः: having the radiance of fire
• अग्नितेजसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः तेजः येषाम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of brāhmaṇas at dawn and dusk tending Agnihotra fires; a brahmacārin stands with samidh and kuśa; an ascetic performs pañcāgni with four fires around and the sun overhead, all bathed in amber glow.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained Vedic discipline—Agnihotra, brahmacarya, and rigorous vows—leads to exalted posthumous states and spiritual luminosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse praises Agni-centered dharma within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra, Agni-brahmacarya (fire-service with celibate discipline), and the pañcāgni-vrata are explicitly named.