Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अग्नेर्यथा हविश्चैव सर्वेषामुपतिष्ठति । अग्नेर्मुखोद्भवेनैव रेतसा ते सुरेश्वराः

Transliteration

agneryathā haviścaiva sarveṣāmupatiṣṭhati | agnermukhodbhavenaiva retasā te sureśvarāḥ

Translation

ดุจดังหวิสที่บูชาในพระอัคนีย่อมไปถึงเทพทั้งปวง ฉันใดก็ฉันนั้น ด้วยเรตัสที่บังเกิดจากพระโอษฐ์ของพระอัคนี เหล่าเจ้าแห่งสุระทั้งหลายจึงได้รับผลกระทบ

Word by Word

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानार्थक (as/just as)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• सर्वेषाम्: for all / of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• उपतिष्ठति: serves/attends, is available
• उपतिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुखोद्भवेन: by (that which is) born from the mouth
• मुखोद्भवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मुखात् उद्भवः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• रेतसा: with semen
• रेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• सुरेश्वराः: lords of the gods
• सुरेश्वराः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् ईश्वराः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (narration to the sages, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: Agni at center as a radiant mouth of sacrifice; streams of oblation-light flow outward to the devas; simultaneously, a luminous tejas emerges from Agni’s mouth touching Indra and others.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Sureśvaras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual principles mirror cosmic law: Agni mediates transmission—of offerings in yajña and of consequences in the divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within Kedārakhaṇḍa, supporting Kedāra’s Śaiva narrative context rather than naming a particular tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse alludes to yajña: havis offered into Agni ‘reaches’ all deities—affirming Agni’s mediating role in Vedic ritual.