Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

मंत्रेणानेन संयुक्तं ब्राह्मणाभिहितेन च । त्वमग्ने वेदाश्चत्वारस्त्वं च यज्ञेषु हूयसे

Transliteration

maṃtreṇānena saṃyuktaṃ brāhmaṇābhihitena ca | tvamagne vedāścatvārastvaṃ ca yajñeṣu hūyase

Translation

并配合此咒，由婆罗门诵曰：“噢，阿耆尼！汝即四部吠陀，亦为诸祭（yajña）中所奉召者。”

Word by Word

• maṃtreṇa: with a mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• anena: with this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (with this)

• saṃyuktam: combined, joined
• saṃyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃyukta (युज् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (joined/combined)

• brāhmaṇa-abhihitena: spoken by a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇa-abhihitena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + abhihita (√dhā/√bhāṣ?; here abhi-√dhā 'to say', क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ (brāhmaṇena abhihitena = spoken by a brāhmaṇa)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• agne: O Agni (Fire)
• agne: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (आह्वान), एकवचन

• vedāḥ: Vedas
• vedāḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• catvāraḥ: four
• catvāraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāri (संख्यापद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (four)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• yajñeṣu: in sacrifices
• yajñeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• hūyase: are offered (as oblation)
• hūyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hu (हु धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: 'you are offered')

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas chant as the priest offers into Agni; above the flames, symbolic forms of the four Vedas appear as radiant scrolls or emanations merging into the fire.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Vedas
• Yajña
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Agni is revered as the living Veda and the mouth of sacrifice, making ritual fire a direct bridge between humans and the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is a universal Vedic-Purāṇic praise of Agni.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the stated Agni-mantra as uttered by brāhmaṇas while performing the rite.