Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

वृषभो यस्त्रिधाबद्धो रोरवीति महोमयः । सनेत्रविषयी चक्रे परमः परमेष्ठिना

Transliteration

vṛṣabho yastridhābaddho roravīti mahomayaḥ | sanetraviṣayī cakre paramaḥ parameṣṭhinā

Translation

Jener erhabene «Stier», dreifach gebunden und vom großen Oṃ widerhallend, wurde von Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā), dem Höchsten unter den Verkörperten, zum Gegenstand des Schauens gemacht.

Word by Word

• वृषभः: bull
• वृषभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• त्रिधा: in three ways
• त्रिधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• बद्धः: bound
• बद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रोरवीति: cries/roars
• रोरवीति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महोमयः: made of great radiance
• महोमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महस्+मय = महोमय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सनेत्रविषयी: having eyes as its objects / with eyes and objects
• सनेत्रविषयी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विषयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• चक्रे: made/created
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• परमः: supreme
• परमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परमेष्ठिना: by the Creator (Brahmā)
• परमेष्ठिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary interlocutor of Kāśī-khaṇḍa (traditional frame: sages/Śaunaka-group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā beholds a radiant cosmic Bull-symbol, bound in three bands, vibrating with a visible Oṃ-wave; the vision floats in a dark-gold void with subtle constellations and Vedic fire-glow.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Parameṣṭhin)
• Mahā-Oṃ
• Vṛṣabha (symbolic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praṇava is portrayed through powerful symbolism (the ‘bull’ of dharma), structured and resonant, worthy of direct contemplation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting frames this as a Kāśī teaching on the salvific sound-principle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it suggests meditative visualization/contemplation of the Mahā-Oṃ principle.