Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतेस्स वै भार्यामैश्वर्यमदमोहितः । पुरोहितस्यापिगुरोर्भ्रातुरांगिरसस्य वै

Transliteration

bṛhaspatessa vai bhāryāmaiśvaryamadamohitaḥ | purohitasyāpigurorbhrāturāṃgirasasya vai

Translation

اقتدار کے نشے میں مدہوش ہو کر اُس نے برہسپتی کی بیوی کو چھین لیا—وہی جو پُروہت اور گرو تھا، بلکہ اپنے بھائی آنگیرس کا بھی گرو۔

Word by Word

• bṛhaspateḥ: of Bṛhaspati
• bṛhaspateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• aiśvarya-mada-mohitaḥ: deluded by the intoxication of power
• aiśvarya-mada-mohitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक) + mada (प्रातिपदिक) + mohita (कृदन्त; मुह् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• purohitasya: of the priest
• purohitasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purohita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• guroḥ: of the teacher
• guroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhrātuḥ: of the brother
• bhrātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āṃgirasasya: of Āṅgirasa (descendant of Aṅgiras)
• āṃgirasasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āṃgirasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (patronymic)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues, commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Vishveśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience/sages in Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, radiant and regal, seized by aiśvarya-mada, turns toward Tārā, the wife of Bṛhaspati; Bṛhaspati’s austere dignity contrasts with Soma’s impulsive splendor, foreshadowing cosmic discord.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Tārā
• Aṅgiras lineage

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride born of power (aiśvarya-mada) leads even the eminent into adharma, harming social and sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the narrative serves as moral-theological context within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical warning embedded in a deva-episode.