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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं हृषीकेशस्त्वं शक्रस्त्वं हुताशनः । त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमिन्दुस्त्वं दिवाकरः

Transliteration

tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ hṛṣīkeśastvaṃ śakrastvaṃ hutāśanaḥ | tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamindustvaṃ divākaraḥ

Translation

Du bist Brahmā; Du bist Hṛṣīkeśa; Du bist Śakra; Du bist der Feuergott. Du bist das Opfer selbst; Du bist der Ruf vaṣaṭ; Du bist der Mond und Du bist die Sonne.

Word by Word
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper noun/title
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
hṛṣīkeśaḥHṛṣīkeśa (Lord of the senses)
hṛṣīkeśaḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothṛṣīka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa (ṣaṣṭhī: ‘lord of the senses’)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
śakraḥŚakra (Indra)
śakraḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśakra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; epithet of Indra
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
hutāśanaḥHutāśana (Fire)
hutāśanaḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothuta (√hu जुहोति, क्त/कृदन्त) + aśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa (karmadhāraya-like sense: ‘eater of oblations’)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
yajñaḥsacrifice
yajñaḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
vaṣaṭkāraḥthe Vaṣaṭ-call (ritual exclamation)
vaṣaṭkāraḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṣaṭ (अव्यय/निपात as mantra-syllable) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa (‘utterance/form of vaṣaṭ’)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
induḥthe Moon
induḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootindu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormSecond person pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
divākaraḥDivākara (Sun)
divākaraḥ:
Pratijñā/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdivā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa (‘maker of day’)
Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hymn of identifications: the Lord appears as a composite cosmic figure—four-faced Brahmā crown, Viṣṇu’s conch/discus, Indra’s vajra, Agni’s flames—while sun and moon hover as eyes; below, a yajña-kuṇḍa with the vaṣaṭ-cry visualized as a golden syllable rising in smoke.

Characters & Entities
V
Viśvāmitra
B
Brahmā
H
Hṛṣīkeśa
Ś
Śakra (Indra)
A
Agni (Hutāśana)
Y
Yajña
V
Vaṣaṭkāra
I
Indu (Moon)
D
Divākara (Sun)

FAQs

All divine powers, cosmic functions, and even ritual speech culminate in the One Lord; worship becomes all-inclusive rather than sectarian.

No specific site is named; the verse sacralizes the entire cosmos, aligning tīrtha worship with universal divinity.

It references Vedic ritual elements (yajña, vaṣaṭkāra) but gives no step-by-step injunction.

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