Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ततः पादप्रदेशे तु ज्वालयेद्धव्यवाहनम् । यथा शनैः शनैर्दाहः शरीरस्य प्रजायते

Transliteration

tataḥ pādapradeśe tu jvālayeddhavyavāhanam | yathā śanaiḥ śanairdāhaḥ śarīrasya prajāyate

Translation

แล้ว ณ บริเวณเท้า พึงจุด “หัวยวาหนะ” คือไฟบูชายัญ เพื่อให้ความแสบร้อนแห่งการเผาไหม้บังเกิดแก่กายทีละน้อย ๆ อย่างช้า ๆ

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/krama (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• पादप्रदेशे: in the region of the feet
• पादप्रदेशे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + प्रदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• ज्वालयेत्: should kindle
• ज्वालयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative sense ‘should cause to burn/kindle’

• हव्यवाहनम्: Fire (Agni)
• हव्यवाहनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; अग्नि-पर्याय (name of Fire)

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/so that)

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैस् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: slowly)

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैस् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: slowly)

• दाहः: burning; heat
• दाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शरीरस्य: of the body
• शरीरस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रजायते: arises; is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (ritual instructor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tiṃginī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic/vratin seated immobile, a small sacrificial fire kindled near the feet; flames low at first, rising gradually; attendants at a distance; the atmosphere tense and solemn.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (as dhavyavāhana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement is framed as tapas (austerity) performed with control and gradual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Tiṃginī-associated tīrtha/expiation account in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kindle fire at the feet so the heat/burning effect increases gradually across the body.