Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

वाच्यस्त्वं वाचकस्त्वं हि वाक्च त्वं प्रणतोस्मि ते । नान्यं वेद्मि महादेव नान्यं स्तौमि महेश्वर

Transliteration

vācyastvaṃ vācakastvaṃ hi vākca tvaṃ praṇatosmi te | nānyaṃ vedmi mahādeva nānyaṃ staumi maheśvara

Translation

พระองค์คือสิ่งที่ถูกกล่าวถึง พระองค์คือผู้กล่าว และพระองค์คือวาจาเอง—ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ โอ้ มหาเทวะ ข้าพเจ้าไม่รู้จักผู้อื่น โอ้ มเหศวร ข้าพเจ้าไม่สรรเสริญผู้อื่น

Word by Word

• वाच्यः: the denoted (object of speech)
• वाच्यः: Pratipādya (Predicate/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to be spoken/denoted)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वाचकः: the speaker/denoter
• वाचकः: Pratipādya (Predicate/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ-निपात

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Pratipādya (Predicate/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रणतः: bowed down
• प्रणतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √नम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (ते)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• अन्यम्: another (any other)
• अन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वेद्मि: I know
• वेद्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्तौमि: I praise
• स्तौमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Jaigīṣavya (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triadic visualization: (1) the spoken object as a glowing mantra-text, (2) the speaker as a devotee-priest, (3) speech as a flowing stream of light—all merging into a single Mahādeva presence above a Kāśī shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is affirmed as the ground of language and knowledge—object, subject, and the very medium of expression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape where such realization and praise are situated in the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declaration of exclusive refuge and devotion to Śiva.