Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अतीव धिषणाधीशो ममप्रीतोभविष्यति । महाप्रसाद इत्याज्ञां शिरस्याधाय तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

atīva dhiṣaṇādhīśo mamaprītobhaviṣyati | mahāprasāda ityājñāṃ śirasyādhāya tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

“Chúa tể của trí tuệ sẽ vô cùng hoan hỷ với Ta.” Nghe mệnh lệnh ấy như ‘đại ân phúc’, người liền cung kính đội lên đầu ngay tức khắc.

Word by Word

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier adverb)

• धिषणा-अधीशः: lord of intellect (Bṛhaspati)
• धिषणा-अधीशः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धिषणा (प्रातिपदिक) + अधीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धिषणायाः अधीशः = lord of intellect); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular pronoun)

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महाप्रसादः: great grace/favor
• महाप्रसादः: Karta (Elliptic: ‘(this is) great favor’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• आज्ञाम्: command
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शिरसि: on (his) head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Locative singular)

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); ‘having placed/accepted (on the head)’

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Kala/Apadana (Time-point/temporal source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तस्मिन् क्षणे/तत् क्षणम्); पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Ablative: ‘immediately/at that moment’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative voice describing acceptance of Śiva’s order)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The recipient of Śiva’s command receives it as ‘mahāprasāda’, bowing and symbolically placing the order upon his head, indicating instant reverent compliance.

Characters & Entities

• Dhiṣaṇādhīśa (Bṛhaspati)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine command received as grace, and accepted humbly, becomes the doorway to auspicious authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī setting is implicit; the episode supports the later Kāśī liṅga-mahātmya of Bṛhaspatīśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No lay ritual; it highlights the dhārmic gesture of honoring a command by placing it on one’s head (śirasā).