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

ആ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ടപ്പോൾ ദ്രുഹിണൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) അവിടെ നിന്ന് പുറപ്പെട്ടു; മഹർഷി ദധീചി അദ്ദേഹത്തെ അത്യന്തം കടുപ്പത്തോടെ ധിക്കരിച്ചതിനാൽ.

Word by Word

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• वाक्यानि: statements; words
• वाक्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√कर्ण्/√श्रु (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• द्रुहिणेन: by Druhiṇa (Brahmā)
• द्रुहिणेन: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुहिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/सहकर्ता (agent/instrument in passive)

• ययेततः: went (away)
• ययेततः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (पाठभेद/रूपसन्देह: ययौ इत्यर्थः)

• महर्षिणा: by the great sage
• महर्षिणा: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता (agent in passive)

• दधीचेन: by Dadhīca
• दधीचेन: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता (agent in passive)

• धिक्कृतः: was censured; was reviled
• धिक्कृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धिक् (निपात) + √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (reviled)

• नितराम्: exceedingly
• नितराम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नितराम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रता-अव्यय (adverb: exceedingly)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, 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

• Brahmā (Druhiṇa)
• Dadhīci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest cosmic authorities are subject to dharmic correction when truth is spoken by a realized ṛṣi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is part of the broader Kāśī-centered narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.