Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
वाच्यस्त्वं वाचकस्त्वं हि वाक्च त्वं प्रणतोस्मि ते । नान्यं वेद्मि महादेव नान्यं स्तौमि महेश्वर
vācyastvaṃ vācakastvaṃ hi vākca tvaṃ praṇatosmi te | nānyaṃ vedmi mahādeva nānyaṃ staumi maheśvara
Ngài là điều được nói đến, Ngài là người nói, và Ngài chính là lời nói—con cúi lạy Ngài. Hỡi Mahādeva, con chẳng biết ai khác; hỡi Maheśvara, con chẳng tán dương ai khác.
Jaigīṣavya (addressing Śiva)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triadic visualization: (1) the spoken object as a glowing mantra-text, (2) the speaker as a devotee-priest, (3) speech as a flowing stream of light—all merging into a single Mahādeva presence above a Kāśī shrine.
FAQs
Śiva is affirmed as the ground of language and knowledge—object, subject, and the very medium of expression.
Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape where such realization and praise are situated in the Skanda Purana.
None; it is a declaration of exclusive refuge and devotion to Śiva.