Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

वेधाः श्रुतीरितैर्मं त्रैर्मूर्तिमद्भिरुपस्थितैः । मूर्तमग्निं जुहाव त्रिः परिक्रम्य च तं हरः

Transliteration

vedhāḥ śrutīritairmaṃ trairmūrtimadbhirupasthitaiḥ | mūrtamagniṃ juhāva triḥ parikramya ca taṃ haraḥ

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเวธา (พระพรหม) อันมีมนตร์ผู้มีรูปตามที่พระเวทประกาศมาประชุมรับใช้ ได้ถวายอาหุติลงในเพลิงศักดิ์สิทธิ์ที่ปรากฏเป็นรูปสามครั้ง; และพระหระ (พระศิวะ) ก็เวียนประทักษิณไฟนั้นสามรอบเช่นกัน

Word by Word

• वेधाः: Vedhā (Brahmā)
• वेधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (ब्रह्मा)

• श्रुति-ईरितैः: uttered by the Vedas
• श्रुति-ईरितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति + ईरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मन्त्रैः); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रुत्या ईरिताः)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• मूर्ति-मत्-भिः: embodied / having form
• मूर्ति-मत्-भिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मन्त्रैः); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मूर्तिः अस्य अस्ति)

• उपस्थितैः: present / attended
• उपस्थितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु) → उपस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मन्त्रैः)

• मूर्तम्: embodied
• मूर्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अग्निम्)

• अग्निम्: fire
• अग्निम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• जुहाव: offered (oblation)
• जुहाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: Kriya-visheshana (Frequency/आवृत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक अव्यय (adverb of frequency)

• परिक्रम्य: having circumambulated
• परिक्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + क्रम् (धातु) → परिक्रम्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having circumambulated)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• तम्: him/that (fire)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (अग्निम्)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedī-agni (manifest sacred fire)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Vedhā) stands by the altar with personified mantras hovering like luminous syllabic forms; he offers oblations three times into a visible, embodied fire while Śiva circumambulates the fire three times in measured steps.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Vedhā)
• Śiva (Hara)
• Agni
• Śruti (Vedas)
• Mantras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest deities uphold Vedic order through disciplined ritual, showing that dharma is maintained by reverence to sacred fire and mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the sanctity of yajña and Agni as a universal sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering oblations into the manifest fire and performing three circumambulations (parikramā) of the sacred fire.