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
সেই বাক্য শুনে দ্রুহিণ (ব্রহ্মা) সেখান থেকে প্রস্থান করলেন; কারণ মহর্ষি দধীচি তাঁকে অত্যন্ত কঠোরভাবে ধিক্কার দিয়েছিলেন।
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.