Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

त्वमग्ने सर्वभूतानामन्तश्चरसि सर्वदा । तेनैवान्नं च पानं च जठरस्थं पचत्यलम

Transliteration

tvamagne sarvabhūtānāmantaścarasi sarvadā | tenaivānnaṃ ca pānaṃ ca jaṭharasthaṃ pacatyalama

Translation

โอ้พระอัคนี ท่านสถิตและเคลื่อนไหวอยู่ภายในสรรพสัตว์เสมอ ด้วยพลังนั้นเอง ท่านย่อยอาหารและน้ำดื่มที่อยู่ในท้องให้สุกงอมเพียงพอ

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि भूतानि (all beings)

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), स्थानवाचक (inside/within)

• चरसि: you move; you dwell
• चरसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तेन: by that; by you (therefore)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पानम्: drink
• पानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जठरस्थम्: located in the stomach
• जठरस्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जठर + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; अन्नम्/पानम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; समासः—जठरे स्थितम् (situated in the stomach)

• पचति: cooks/digests
• पचति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अलम्: fully; sufficiently
• अलम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb), पर्याप्त्यर्थे (sufficiently/fully)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic split-scene: outer yajña fire mirrored by an inner flame at the navel region of a seated yogic figure; food and drink transform into energy, showing digestion as sacred combustion.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• All beings (sarvabhūta)
• Jatharāgni (digestive fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is not only in external ritual fire but also as inner fire sustaining life; dharma links worship with embodied existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse provides theological teaching within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it supports the idea of honoring Agni both in homa and through mindful living (since Agni operates within the body).