Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अग्रिहोत्राणि दारांश्च समादाय ततः परम् । कुरुक्षेत्रं समाजग्मुः खमार्गेण द्रुतं तदा

Transliteration

agrihotrāṇi dārāṃśca samādāya tataḥ param | kurukṣetraṃ samājagmuḥ khamārgeṇa drutaṃ tadā

Translation

其后，他们携带阿耆尼霍多罗的圣火，并偕同诸位妻室，当时便循天路疾行，前往俱卢之野（Kurukṣetra）。

Word by Word

• अग्रिहोत्राणि: (their) agnihotra rites/implements
• अग्रिहोत्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• दारान्: wives
• दारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

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

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having taken/collected’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• परम्: next, thereafter
• परम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘further/next’)

• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kurūṇāṃ kṣetram)

• समाजग्मुः: went, arrived
• समाजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्

• खमार्गेण: by the sky-path (through the air)
• खमार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (khasya mārgaḥ)

• द्रुतम्: swiftly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘swiftly’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / contextual audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four sages with their wives, bearing portable sacred fires and ritual vessels, traverse the sky toward Kurukṣetra; below, rivers and plains unfurl like a map of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra
• Agnihotra
• Four sages (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy travel is not mere movement: dharma is carried along—symbolized by preserving agnihotra even while journeying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kurukṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintaining agnihotra (sacred fire-rite) alongside pilgrimage is indicated as a dharmic discipline.