Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

दक्षिणाग्निरहं ज्ञेयो गार्हपत्यो हरिः स्मृतः । ब्रह्मा चाहवनीयस्तु एवं सर्वं त्रिदैवतम्

Transliteration

dakṣiṇāgnirahaṃ jñeyo gārhapatyo hariḥ smṛtaḥ | brahmā cāhavanīyastu evaṃ sarvaṃ tridaivatam

Translation

مجھے دَکْشِناگنی جانو؛ ہری کو گارھپتیہ آگ کہا گیا ہے۔ اور برہما آہَوَنیہ آگ ہے—یوں سب کچھ حقیقتاً تین گونہ الوہیت ہی ہے۔

Word by Word

• दक्षिणाग्निः: Dakṣiṇāgni (southern sacred fire)
• दक्षिणाग्निः: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (दक्षिणः अग्निः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (the southern fire, Dakṣiṇāgni)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (I)

• ज्ञेयः: is to be known (as)
• ज्ञेयः: Kriya-visheshana / Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेय कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय; gerundive); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (to be known)

• गार्हपत्यः: Gārhapatya (household fire)
• गार्हपत्यः: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Gārhapatya fire)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Hari/Viṣṇu)

• स्मृतः: is regarded
• स्मृतः: Kriya-visheshana / Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (is remembered/considered)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Brahmā)

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

• आहवनीयः: Āhavanīya (offering fire)
• आहवनीयः: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहवनीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Āhavanīya fire)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle: but/indeed)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (all/entire)

• त्रिदैवतम्: the threefold divinity (triad of gods)
• त्रिदैवतम्: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि दैवतानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (the triad of deities)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three altars with distinct fires: āhavanīya (east) linked to Brahmā, gārhapatya (west/household) linked to Viṣṇu, dakṣiṇāgni (south) linked to Śiva; flames rise and merge into one column of light before Somnātha liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Brahmā
• Dakṣiṇāgni
• Gārhapatya
• Āhavanīya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic ritual symbols (the three fires) point to a unified divine reality expressed as the Trimūrti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya integrates Vedic ritual symbolism into tīrtha greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references the three sacred fires but does not prescribe a specific yajña; it offers a symbolic identification for contemplation.