तानागतान्समालोक्य शिवो व्रह्माणमब्रवीत् । विधेविधेहि मद्वाक्यादमुं वाचस्पतिं मुनिम्
tānāgatānsamālokya śivo vrahmāṇamabravīt | vidhevidhehi madvākyādamuṃ vācaspatiṃ munim
Thấy tất cả đã tề tựu, Śiva bảo Phạm Thiên: “Hỡi Đấng An bài, theo lệnh Ta, hãy đúng nghi mà bổ nhiệm hiền thánh Vācaspati ấy.”
Skanda (deduced; reporting Śiva’s words)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva surveys the assembled hosts and addresses Brahmā, instructing him to appoint the sage Vācaspati by Śiva’s command.
True authority is rooted in divine dharma—Śiva directs, and Brahmā administers the cosmic order.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting where the glory of later Bṛhaspatīśvara is established.
An administrative-sacral act is implied: formal appointment (vidhi) rather than a lay ritual.