Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलमष्टगुणं लभेत् । भृकुटेशं तु यः कश्चिद्घृतेन मधुना सह

Transliteration

agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet | bhṛkuṭeśaṃ tu yaḥ kaścidghṛtena madhunā saha

Translation

ผู้นั้นจักได้ผลแห่งยัญญะอัคนิษโฏมะเป็นแปดเท่า และผู้ใดบูชาภฤกุเฏศะด้วยเนยใสและน้ำผึ้ง…

Word by Word

• अग्निष्टोमस्य: of the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• अग्निष्टोमस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अष्टगुणम्: eightfold
• अष्टगुणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट-गुण (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टन् + गुण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain; should obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• भृकुटेशम्: Bhṛkuṭeśa (the Lord Bhṛkuṭeśa)
• भृकुटेशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृकुट-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; भृकुट + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• कश्चित्: someone; anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; किम् + चित्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक निपात/उपसर्गवत् (postposition meaning 'together with')

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa; likely Mārkaṇḍeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛkuṭeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers ghee and honey before the Bhṛkuṭeśa liṅga; priests hold lamps; the river glints nearby; a symbolic ‘Agniṣṭoma’ altar appears faintly as a comparison motif.

Characters & Entities

• Agniṣṭoma
• Bhṛkuṭeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based Śiva worship is presented as a powerful, accessible equivalent to major Vedic sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛkuṭeśa at a Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha is explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā to Bhṛkuṭeśa using ghṛta (ghee) and madhu (honey).