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

وہ اگنِشٹوم یَجْن کے پھل کو آٹھ گنا پائے گا۔ اور جو کوئی گھی اور شہد کے ساتھ بھِرکُٹیش کی پوجا کرے…

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).