Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
Devanagari script
तानागतान्समालोक्य शिवो व्रह्माणमब्रवीत् । विधेविधेहि मद्वाक्यादमुं वाचस्पतिं मुनिम्
Transliteration
tānāgatānsamālokya śivo vrahmāṇamabravīt | vidhevidhehi madvākyādamuṃ vācaspatiṃ munim
Translation
皆が集い来たのを見て、シヴァはブラフマーに告げた。「おお定める者よ、我が命により、あの聖仙ヴァーチャスパティを正しく任命せよ。」
Word by Word
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative plural pronoun)
आगतान्arrived
आगतान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘तान्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; ‘आगत’ = come/arrived
समालोक्यhaving observed
समालोक्य:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-लोक् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive); ‘having looked at/observed’
शिवःŚiva
शिवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
ब्रह्माणम्Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
विधेO Creator (Brahmā)
विधे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Vocative); Brahmā as ‘Vidhe’
विधेहिappoint/ordain/do
विधेहि:
Kriya (Command/आज्ञार्थ क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-धा (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
मद्-वाक्यात्from my word/command
मद्-वाक्यात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमद् (सर्वनाम) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम वाक्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Ablative singular)
अमुम्this (that person)
अमुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)
वाचस्पतिम्Vācaspati (lord of speech)
वाचस्पतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाचस् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वाचसः पतिः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
मुनिम्sage
मुनिम्:
Karma (Apposition to ‘अमुम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda (deduced; reporting Śiva’s words)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śiva surveys the assembled hosts and addresses Brahmā, instructing him to appoint the sage Vācaspati by Śiva’s command.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaB
Brahmā (Vidhātṛ)V
Vācaspati (Bṛhaspati)FAQs
True authority is rooted in divine dharma—Śiva directs, and Brahmā administers the cosmic order.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting where the glory of later Bṛhaspatīśvara is established.
An administrative-sacral act is implied: formal appointment (vidhi) rather than a lay ritual.