Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वत्स गच्छ गृहं त्वं च अग्निहोत्रादिकाः क्रियाः । पालयस्व विधानेन पत्न्या सह न संशयः

Transliteration

vatsa gaccha gṛhaṃ tvaṃ ca agnihotrādikāḥ kriyāḥ | pālayasva vidhānena patnyā saha na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“爱子啊，汝当归家，依仪轨守持自阿耆尼火供（Agnihotra）等诸行；并与汝妻同修——毋庸疑虑。”

Word by Word

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

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

• अग्निहोत्रादिकाः: such as the agnihotra
• अग्निहोत्रादिकाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अग्निहोत्रम् आदि यस्याः = beginning with agnihotra); विशेषणम् (kriyāḥ)

• क्रियाः: rites, duties
• क्रियाः: Karma (Object of command/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पालयस्व: maintain, observe
• पालयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• विधानेन: according to rule
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पत्न्या: with (your) wife
• पत्न्या: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (postposition: with)

• न: no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Gautama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama instructs Uttaṅka with a gentle, authoritative gesture, pointing toward the path home; in the background, a small sacred fire altar suggests agnihotra continuity and domestic sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Agnihotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After study and service, one should enter household life responsibly, sustaining daily sacred duties in an orderly way.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is praised in this line; the teaching is dharma-centered within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra and related daily rites are to be performed according to proper procedure, along with one’s wife.