Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

त्वं हौत्रमग्निहोत्राणां सूत्रमन्त्रस्त्वमेव च । गोकर्णं भद्रकर्णं च त्वं च माहेश्वरं पदम्

Transliteration

tvaṃ hautramagnihotrāṇāṃ sūtramantrastvameva ca | gokarṇaṃ bhadrakarṇaṃ ca tvaṃ ca māheśvaraṃ padam

Translation

Tu es l’offrande sacerdotale dans les rites de l’Agnihotra ; Toi seul es le sūtra et le mantra. Tu es Gokarṇa et Bhadrakarṇa, et Tu es aussi l’état Māheśvara, la demeure suprême de Śiva.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case), लिङ्गत्रये (gender-neutral)

• हौत्रम्: the hotṛ-priestly rite/service
• हौत्रम्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हौत्र (प्रातिपदिक; होतृ-सम्बन्धि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; predicative/appositional)

• अग्निहोत्राणाम्: of the agnihotra rites
• अग्निहोत्राणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th case; genitive)

• सूत्रमन्त्रः: the sūtra and the mantra (together)
• सूत्रमन्त्रः: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective dvandva), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

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

• गोकर्णम्: Gokarṇa (name)
• गोकर्णम्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः कर्णः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; name/apposition)

• भद्रकर्णम्: Bhadrakarṇa (name)
• भद्रकर्णम्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय (भद्रः कर्णः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; name/apposition)

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

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

• माहेश्वरम्: Maheśvara-related/divine
• माहेश्वरम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महेश्वर-सम्बन्धि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; विशेषण)

• पदम्: state/abode/footstep
• पदम्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; predicative)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser in the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative (speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa; Bhadrakarṇa (as invoked)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-sage offers agnihotra into a blazing altar; above the fire appears a cosmic form of the Lord, whose body contains sacred sites—Gokarṇa and Bhadrakarṇa—while a radiant ‘Māheśvara-pada’ (Śiva’s supreme station) shines like a crown.

Characters & Entities

• Agnihotra
• Mantra
• Gokarṇa
• Bhadrakarṇa
• Māheśvara-pada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual (yajña), its formulas (mantra), and its rules (sūtra) attain fulfillment when understood as expressions of the one Supreme Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa and Bhadrakarṇa are explicitly invoked as sacred identities/places embodied by the Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra is referenced as a central Vedic rite; the verse frames its essence as devotion to the Lord rather than giving procedural instructions.