Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

अग्निहोत्राणि यांत्वग्रे दीप्यमानानि सर्वशः । वाजपेयातिरात्राणि निर्यातु च ममाग्रतः

Transliteration

agnihotrāṇi yāṃtvagre dīpyamānāni sarvaśaḥ | vājapeyātirātrāṇi niryātu ca mamāgrataḥ

Translation

“ขอให้ไฟอัคนิโหตระนำหน้าข้าพเจ้า ลุกโชติช่วงรอบทิศ; และขอให้พิธีบูชาวาชเปยะกับอาติราตระดำเนินไปเบื้องหน้าข้าพเจ้า”

Word by Word

• अग्निहोत्राणि: Agnihotra rites
• अग्निहोत्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यान्तु: let (them) go
• यान्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अग्रे: in front/ahead
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (in front)

• दीप्यमानानि: blazing/shining
• दीप्यमानानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमानकृदन्त/Present participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘अग्निहोत्राणि’ विशेषण

• सर्वशः: everywhere/in all ways
• सर्वशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in every way/entirely)

• वाजपेय-अतिरात्राणि: Vājapeya and Atirātra rites
• वाजपेय-अतिरात्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिरात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• निर्यातु: let (it) go forth
• निर्यातु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रतः: before/in front of
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (in front of)

Speaker

Rāma (direct speech within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (yajña-bhūmi ambience)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/hearers of Ayodhyā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma commands that blazing Agnihotra fires and the grandeur of Vājapeya and Atirātra rites symbolically go before him, turning departure into a moving sacrificial procession.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Agnihotra
• Vājapeya
• Atirātra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dhārmic life culminates in honoring sacred fire and Vedic order; rites become a sanctified escort for the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, portrayed as a Vedic-sacral landscape where yajñas and sacred fire naturally accompany the avatāra’s acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra is to proceed foremost, along with major Soma-sacrifices—Vājapeya and Atirātra—forming a ritual procession.