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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 149

ततस्तं वह्निरभ्यागाद्ददर्श च सुतं गुहम् । षट्छीर्षं द्विगुणश्रोत्रं द्वादशाक्षिभुजक्रमम्

tatastaṃ vahnirabhyāgāddadarśa ca sutaṃ guham | ṣaṭchīrṣaṃ dviguṇaśrotraṃ dvādaśākṣibhujakramam

پھر آگ (اگنی) اُس کے قریب آئی اور اپنے بیٹے گُہا کو دیکھا—چھ سروں والا، دوہرے کانوں والا، اور بارہ آنکھوں اور بازوؤں کی ترتیب سے آراستہ۔

tatasthen, thereafter
tatas:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तदर्थे अव्ययम् (then/thereafter)
tamhim
tam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
vahniḥFire (Agni)
vahniḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvahni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
abhyāgātcame near, approached
abhyāgāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√gam (गम् धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist/भूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
dadarśasaw
dadarśa:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
sutamson
sutam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
guhamGuha (Kumāra/Skanda)
guham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
ṣaṭ-chīrṣamsix-headed
ṣaṭ-chīrṣam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṭ (संख्या) + chīrṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/विशेष्य-समन्वय), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (six-headed)
dvi-guṇa-śrotramwith double ears
dvi-guṇa-śrotram:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्या) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + śrotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (having ears of double measure)
dvādaśa-akṣi-bhuja-kramamhaving a sequence of twelve eyes and arms
dvādaśa-akṣi-bhuja-kramam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśa (संख्या) + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (arrangement/series of twelve eyes and arms)

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Scene: Agni approaches and beholds Guha—resplendent, six-headed, with doubled ears and a symmetrical array of eyes and arms—standing as a newly manifested divine child, luminous like fire itself.

A
Agni (Vahni)
G
Guha (Skanda/Kumāra)

FAQs

The divine child’s extraordinary form signifies superhuman guardianship and cosmic power, inspiring reverence and devotion.

No tīrtha is named; the focus is on the epiphany of Guha’s form.

None directly; this is descriptive iconography within the narrative.