Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

लक्षहोमविधानं च गृहमध्यविशुद्धये । वह्निप्रवेशनं तस्यास्तत्सुतायाः प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

lakṣahomavidhānaṃ ca gṛhamadhyaviśuddhaye | vahnipraveśanaṃ tasyāstatsutāyāḥ prakīrtitam

Translation

گھر کے اندرونی حصّے کی تطہیر کے لیے اس نے لکش ہوم (ایک لاکھ آہوتیوں) کا وِدھان مقرر کیا۔ اور اس کی بیٹی کے لیے آگ میں داخلہ (اگنی پرویش) بھی بیان کیا گیا۔

Word by Word

• लक्षहोमविधानम्: the ordinance/procedure of a lakh (100,000) oblations
• लक्षहोमविधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष-होम-विधान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लक्षस्य होमस्य विधानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गृह: of the house
• गृह: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• मध्य: in the middle
• मध्य: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• विशुद्धये: for purification
• विशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (dative of purpose)

• वह्निप्रवेशनम्: entering into fire
• वह्निप्रवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि-प्रवेशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वह्नौ प्रवेशः/प्रवेशनम्)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: of that (her)
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• सुतायाः: of the daughter
• सुतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तितम्: has been proclaimed/declared
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Karma (Predicative/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कथितम्/उक्तम्’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (continuation of expiation rulings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated courtyard with a large yajña-kuṇḍa blazing; priests pour ghee in repeated oblations while the house interior is ritually purified; in the background, a solemn figure prepares for an ordeal-like fire-entry, watched by elders and the king’s retinue.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is treated as both personal and spatial: the home itself may require ritual rectification through fire-offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; it highlights purification rites rather than a named pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Lakṣa-homa (100,000 oblations) for house purification, and vahnipraveśana (entry into fire) for the daughter.