Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अग्ने गृहपते स्थित्या परामपि निदर्शयन् । चतुर्निगममंत्रोक्तैराशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च

Transliteration

agne gṛhapate sthityā parāmapi nidarśayan | caturnigamamaṃtroktairāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca

Translation

ข้าแต่อัคนี ข้าแต่คฤหปติ ด้วยระเบียบอันมั่นคงของพระองค์ พระองค์ทรงเผยให้เห็นแม้สภาวะอันสูงสุด และเขาได้ถวายความนอบน้อมด้วยพรอันกล่าวตามมนตร์แห่งพระเวททั้งสี่

Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गृहपते: O house-lord
• गृहपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhapati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• स्थित्या: by (your) steadiness/abiding
• स्थित्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme, highest
• पराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• निदर्शयन्: showing, indicating
• निदर्शयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुः: four
• चतुः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); समासपूर्वपद (as first member)

• निगम: Veda
• निगम: Sambandha (Compound relation/समाससम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nigama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member)

• मन्त्र: mantra
• मन्त्र: Sambandha (Compound relation/समाससम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• उक्तैः: uttered/said (by)
• उक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• आशीर्भिः: with blessings
• आशीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• अभिनन्द्य: having praised/greeted
• अभिनन्द्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nand (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn blessing scene: a revered figure is honored with fourfold Vedic mantras; subtle visualization of the ‘highest state’ as a luminous summit above the ritual space, indicating revelation through order.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Gṛhapati
• Four Vedas (Catur-nigama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Stability in dharma (symbolized by Gṛhapati Agni) is portrayed as a path that points toward the supreme good, validated by Vedic mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī glorification but does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Blessing and honoring through mantras associated with the four Vedas, centered on Agni as Gṛhapati.