Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

मेढीभूतस्तु वै सर्वान्वायुपाशैर्नियंत्रितान् । आकल्पं तत्पदं तिष्ठ भ्रामयञ्ज्योतिषांगणान्

Transliteration

meḍhībhūtastu vai sarvānvāyupāśairniyaṃtritān | ākalpaṃ tatpadaṃ tiṣṭha bhrāmayañjyotiṣāṃgaṇān

Translation

تم ثابت محور بن جاؤ، ہوا کے بندھنوں سے سب کو قابو میں رکھو۔ اس مقام پر پورے کَلپ تک قائم رہو اور اجرامِ نورانی کے لشکروں کو گردش میں رکھو۔

Word by Word

• meḍhībhūtaḥ: having become like a post (fixed/immovable)
• meḍhībhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: meḍhī (प्रातिपदिक) + bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय/भूतकृत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘मेढी-भूत’ = मेढीवत्/स्तम्भवत् अभूत् (become like a post)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• vai: certainly
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (certainly)

• sarvān: all (of them)
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्द

• vāyupāśaiḥ: by wind-bonds
• vāyupāśaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘वायु-पाश’ = वायोः पाशाः (wind-ropes/bonds)

• niyaṃtritān: restrained
• niyaṃtritān: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√yam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘नियन्त्रित’ = restrained/controlled

• ākalpaṃ: until the end of the kalpa
• ākalpaṃ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; अव्यय (कालपर्यन्तवाचक) = ‘आकल्पम्’ (till the end of a kalpa)

• tatpadam: that post/position
• tatpadam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘तत्-पद’ = that position/state

• tiṣṭha: stand/remain
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhrāmayan: causing to revolve
• bhrāmayan: Kriya (Concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय/वर्तमानकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे—‘while causing to revolve’

• jyotiṣāṃgaṇān: the groups of luminaries
• jyotiṣāṃgaṇān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotiṣ (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘ज्योतिषां गणाः’ = groups of luminaries (stars/planets)

Speaker

Bhagavān Viṣṇu

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame) / pilgrims-devotees (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity commands Dhruva to become the fixed cosmic pivot; Dhruva stands luminous and still while planets and star-hosts circle around him, bound by ‘vāyu-pāśa’ (winds/forces).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Dhruva
• Vāyu
• Jyotiṣ (luminaries)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine reward can be service: the highest boon is to uphold cosmic harmony as an instrument of the Lord’s order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit; this is a cosmological bestowal within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes Dhruva’s appointed function and duration (ākalpa).