Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
तानि वाक्यानि चाकर्ण्य द्रुहिणेन ययेततः । महर्षिणा दधीचेन धिक्कृतो नितरां हि सः
Transliteration
tāni vākyāni cākarṇya druhiṇena yayetataḥ | maharṣiṇā dadhīcena dhikkṛto nitarāṃ hi saḥ
Translation
فلما سمع تلك الكلمات، انصرف دُروهِينا (براهما) من هناك؛ إذ إنّ الحكيمَ العظيم دَدهيتشي قد وبّخه توبيخًا شديدًا حقًّا.
Word by Word
तानिthose
तानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
वाक्यानिstatements; words
वाक्यानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
आकर्ण्यhaving heard
आकर्ण्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootआ√कर्ण्/√श्रु (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)
द्रुहिणेनby Druhiṇa (Brahmā)
द्रुहिणेन:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुहिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/सहकर्ता (agent/instrument in passive)
ययेततःwent (away)
ययेततः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (पाठभेद/रूपसन्देह: ययौ इत्यर्थः)
महर्षिणाby the great sage
महर्षिणा:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता (agent in passive)
दधीचेनby Dadhīca
दधीचेन:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदधीच (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता (agent in passive)
धिक्कृतःwas censured; was reviled
धिक्कृतः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधिक् (निपात) + √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृत् (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (reviled)
नितराम्exceedingly
नितराम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनितराम् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/तीव्रता-अव्यय (adverb: exceedingly)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame; ultimately Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Dadhīci, blazing with ascetic radiance, rebukes Brahmā; Brahmā withdraws, chastened, while other sages witness the moral drama in a sacred setting.
Characters & Entities
B
Brahmā (Druhiṇa)D
DadhīciFAQs
Even the highest cosmic authorities are subject to dharmic correction when truth is spoken by a realized ṛṣi.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is part of the broader Kāśī-centered narration.
None.