Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

हुतहव्यवहश्चैव धरस्य द्रविण स्मृतः । मनोजवोऽनिलस्यासीदविज्ञातगतिस्तथा

Transliteration

hutahavyavahaścaiva dharasya draviṇa smṛtaḥ | manojavo'nilasyāsīdavijñātagatistathā

Translation

ہُتہویَوَہ کو دھَر کا پُتر یاد کیا جاتا ہے، اور دَروِن بھی (اسی کا) شمار ہوتا ہے۔ اَنِل سے منوجَو اور اسی طرح اَوِجْنات گَتی پیدا ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• हुतहव्यवहः: Hutahavyavaha (Agni, carrier of oblations)
• हुतहव्यवहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत + हव्य + वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'carrier of offered oblations')

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic)

• धरस्य: of Dhara
• धरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• द्रविणः: Draviṇa
• द्रविणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्मृतः: is remembered/said
• स्मृतः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• मनोजवः: Manojava (swift as thought)
• मनोजवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् + जव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'speed of mind' → 'swift as mind')

• अनिलस्य: of Anila
• अनिलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अविज्ञातगतिः: Avijñātagati (of unknowable course)
• अविज्ञातगतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + विज्ञात + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (descriptive: 'unknown' + 'movement/way')

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Discourse adverb (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थ (also/likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer/disciple figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter points to sacrificial fire (Hutahavyavaha) and a swirling wind current (Anila). Two youthful figures—Manojava (mind-swift) and Avijñātagati (unknown-course)—move like gusts across the coastal Prabhāsa landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Dhara
• Hutahavyavaha
• Draviṇa
• Anila
• Manojava
• Avijñātagati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It personifies natural and ritual forces—offering-fire, wealth, wind, speed—showing them as sacred powers within Dharma’s ordered universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra provides the māhātmya frame; this verse itself is genealogical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the name Hutahavyavaha evokes Vedic offering-fire symbolism.