Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
श्रीमहादेव उवाच । बृहता तपसानेन बृहतां पतिरेध्यहो । नाम्ना बृहस्पतिरिति ग्रहेष्वर्च्योभव द्विज
śrīmahādeva uvāca | bṛhatā tapasānena bṛhatāṃ patiredhyaho | nāmnā bṛhaspatiriti graheṣvarcyobhava dvija
Śrī Mahādeva phán: “Nhờ khổ hạnh lớn lao này, hãy trở thành bậc chủ tể của những bậc vĩ đại—quả thật! Và với danh xưng ‘Bṛhaspati’, hỡi bậc nhị sinh, hãy đáng được tôn thờ giữa các hành tinh.”
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Śiva speaks directly, naming the sage ‘Bṛhaspati’ and appointing him as venerable among the grahas; a celestial aura suggests planetary order and guruhood.
FAQs
Austerity (tapas) offered with devotion culminates in divine appointment—Śiva elevates the devotee to a cosmic role.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, reflecting Kāśī’s tradition of Śiva as bestower of siddhi and status.
Tapas (austerity) is affirmed as the cause of attainment; no specific vow details are enumerated in this verse.