Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा बृहस्पतियुतो देवो गरुडवाहनः । नंदि भृंगि समायुक्तो गौर्या सह वृषध्वजः

Transliteration

brahmā bṛhaspatiyuto devo garuḍavāhanaḥ | naṃdi bhṛṃgi samāyukto gauryā saha vṛṣadhvajaḥ

Translation

Llegó Brahmā acompañado de Bṛhaspati; también arribó el dios que cabalga a Garuḍa. Y el Señor del estandarte del Toro (Śiva), junto con Gaurī, asistió asimismo, acompañado de Nandin y Bhṛṅgin, a aquella gran ocasión sagrada.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बृहस्पति-युतः: accompanied by Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पति-युतः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (बृहस्पतिना युतः = accompanied by Bṛhaspati)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः समानाधिकरण (appositional)

• गरुड-वाहनः: whose vehicle is Garuḍa
• गरुड-वाहनः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गरुडः वाहनं यस्य)

• नन्दि: Nandi
• नन्दि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• भृङ्गि: Bhṛṅgi
• भृङ्गि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्गि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• सम्-आयुक्तः: joined/attended (together)
• सम्-आयुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• गौर्या: with Gaurī
• गौर्या: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारि; सह-योग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/सह-सम्बन्धसूचक (particle meaning 'with')

• वृष-ध्वजः: Śiva (he whose banner is the bull)
• वृष-ध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषः ध्वजः यस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand celestial congregation in Kāśī: Brahmā with Bṛhaspati; Viṣṇu on Garuḍa; Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja) with Gaurī, attended by Nandin and Bhṛṅgin, all arriving for a sacred festival.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Bṛhaspati
• Viṣṇu
• Garuḍa
• Nandin
• Bhṛṅgin
• Gaurī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest gods gather in reverence when Kāśī’s sacred greatness is being manifested; devotion to Śiva in Kāśī is portrayed as universally honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse depicts a divine gathering connected to Kāśī’s mahimā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the focus is on the auspicious attendance of deities at a great festival/occasion.