Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

हव्यवाहमुखे क्षिप्तं रुद्रेणामिततेजसा । रुद्रस्य रेतसा दग्धस्तीर्थयात्राकृतादरः

Transliteration

havyavāhamukhe kṣiptaṃ rudreṇāmitatejasā | rudrasya retasā dagdhastīrthayātrākṛtādaraḥ

Translation

رُدر نے بے پایاں تَیج کے ساتھ اسے ہویواہن کے منہ میں ڈال دیا۔ رُدر کے ریتس سے اگنی جھلس گیا، اور پھر وہ تِیرتھ یاترا کرنے کے لیے ادب و شوق کے ساتھ آمادہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• havyavāhamukhe: in the mouth of Havyavāha (Agni)
• havyavāhamukhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havyavāha + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—हव्यवाहस्य मुखम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• kṣiptam: thrown/cast
• kṣiptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (क्षिप् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(was) thrown’

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• rudreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• amitatejasā: of immeasurable splendor
• amitatejasā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—अमितं तेजो यस्य (having immeasurable splendor)

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• retasā: by/with semen
• retasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: retas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• dagdhaḥ: burnt
• dagdhaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (दह् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘was burnt’

• tīrthayātrā: pilgrimage to sacred places
• tīrthayātrā: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासः—तीर्थस्य यात्रा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• kṛta: done/made
• kṛta: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासे पूर्वपद

• ādaraḥ: reverence/zeal
• ādaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तीर्थयात्रां कृतः आदरः यस्य (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहिप्रायः); अर्थतः ‘whose reverence was produced by pilgrimage’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṅgaleśvara (as culmination of Agni’s tīrtha-yātrā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, blazing with immeasurable radiance, casts a stream of fiery tejas into Agni’s mouth; Agni reels, scorched, then turns away in resolve toward a path of pilgrimage marked by riverbanks and shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Havyavāhana (Agni)
• Tīrtha-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings seek purification and resolution through tīrtha-yātrā, underscoring pilgrimage as a universal dharmic remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets up the wider tīrtha circuit that culminates at Revā-region sites like Piṅgalāvarta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) itself is presented as the chosen discipline following an intense spiritual event.