Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

गुरुं सर्वसुरेंद्राणां परितः स्वगुणैर्गुरुम् । अभिषिंच विधानेन देवाचार्य पदे मुदे

Transliteration

guruṃ sarvasureṃdrāṇāṃ paritaḥ svaguṇairgurum | abhiṣiṃca vidhānena devācārya pade mude

Translation

“जो सर्व सुरेंद्रांचा गुरु आहे आणि स्वगुणांनीही गुरुत्वास पात्र आहे—त्याचा विधिपूर्वक अभिषेक करून आनंददायी देवाचार्यपदी प्रतिष्ठा कर।”

Word by Word

• गुरुम्: teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सर्व-सुर-इन्द्राणाम्: of all the lords of gods
• सर्व-सुर-इन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां सुरेन्द्राणाम्); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• परितः: completely/all around
• परितः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘all around/fully’)

• स्व-गुणैः: by his own virtues
• स्व-गुणैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य गुणाः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• गुरुम्: (as) venerable/teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (appositional: ‘as a guru’)

• अभिषिञ्च: anoint/consecrate
• अभिषिञ्च: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विधानेन: by the proper rite/procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• देव-आचार्य: teacher of the gods
• देव-आचार्य: Visheshana (Role/title qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् आचार्यः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (stem used as पद-विशेषण)

• पदे: in the position
• पदे: Adhikarana (Location/state/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Locative singular)

• मुदे: for joy/for delight
• मुदे: Sampradana (Purpose/benefit/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Dative singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; reporting Śiva’s instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Brahmā to consecrate the supremely qualified guru—worthy by his own virtues—into the joyful office of Devas’ preceptor, with ritual propriety emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati (implied)
• Devas
• Surendras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Genuine guruhood is confirmed by inner virtues and is honored through sanctified rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s sanctity forms the background for the later naming and worship of Bṛhaspatīśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (ritual consecration) performed “by proper procedure” for installing a sacred office.