Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मंस्त्वद्वांछितं भूयात्किमदेयं पितामह । इत्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मणो भालादाविरासीच्छशांकभृत्

Transliteration

brahmaṃstvadvāṃchitaṃ bhūyātkimadeyaṃ pitāmaha | ityuktvā brahmaṇo bhālādāvirāsīcchaśāṃkabhṛt

Translation

“Hỡi Phạm Thiên, nguyện điều ngài mong cầu được thành tựu—có gì lại không thể ban cho ngài, hỡi Đấng Tổ Phụ?” Nói xong, Đấng mang Trăng hiện ra từ trán của Phạm Thiên.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmā
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative singular (address)

• त्वत्: from you / your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitival relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन; pronoun ablative singular ‘from you/your’ (used in compound)

• वाञ्छितम्: desired
• वाञ्छितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त; √वाञ्छ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally

• भूयात्: may be / may happen
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; may it be

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun

• अदेयम्: not to be given / ungivable
• अदेयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदेय (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग ‘a-’ + देय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• पितामह: O Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय; quotative particle

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); having said

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular

• भालात्: from (his) forehead
• भालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन; ablative singular ‘from the forehead’

• आविरासीत्: appeared
• आविरासीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √भू (धातु) / √अस् (धातु) (आविर्भू/आविरस्-प्रयोग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; appeared/manifested

• शशाङ्कभृत्: the moon-bearer (Śiva)
• शशाङ्कभृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशाङ्क + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक; √भृ (धातु) कृत्-प्रत्यय ‘क्विप्’ → भृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘moon-bearer’ (epithet of Śiva)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa narrative voice within Skanda–Agastya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (context continues in v.43.11)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From Brahmā’s radiant forehead, the Moon-bearer (Śiva/Rudra) suddenly appears—an epiphanic emergence with cosmic light, Brahmā seated on lotus, attendants in reverent stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pitāmaha
• Śiva
• Rudra
• Chaśāṅkabhṛt (Moon-bearer)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestation arises effortlessly from the cosmic source, and Śiva’s presence is portrayed as immediate and sovereign, responding to the order of dharma and creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on Rudra’s manifestation rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.