Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

आचार्येणाथ तत्रैव कश्यपेन महात्मना । आह्वानं हवनार्थाय कृतमग्नेस्तदा द्विजाः

Transliteration

ācāryeṇātha tatraiva kaśyapena mahātmanā | āhvānaṃ havanārthāya kṛtamagnestadā dvijāḥ

Translation

پھر وہیں مہاتما آچاریہ کشیپ نے ہون کے لیے اگنی کا آہوان کیا؛ اور دْوِج (دو بار جنم لینے والے) اس رسم میں حاضر تھے۔

Word by Word

• आचार्येण: by the teacher/priest
• आचार्येण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: sequence/transition)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तत्रैव: right there
• तत्रैव: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र + एव (अव्ययौ)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (adverbial phrase)

• कश्यपेन: by Kaśyapa
• कश्यपेन: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कश्यपेन’)

• आह्वानम्: invocation/calling
• आह्वानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आह्वान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: object of ‘कृतम्’)

• हवन: oblation; fire-offering
• हवन: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• अर्थाय: for the sake of
• अर्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (purpose)

• हवनार्थाय: for the purpose of the offering
• हवनार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उद्देश्य), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• कृतम्: was done/made
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/made’

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa Kedāra-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The venerable sage-teacher Kaśyapa performs Agni-invocation for the oblation; rows of twice-born priests stand attentive around the altar, ladles and offerings prepared.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Agni
• Dvitija (dvijāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites are stabilized by proper officiation—invoking Agni signifies consecrating actions through the witness of divine fire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual narrative occurs within the Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s holy landscape, associated with the Kedāra tīrtha-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agni-āhvāna (invocation of the sacred fire) specifically for havana/homa.