Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तेन संपूजितो व्यासः कृष्णद्वैपायनः मनुः । साक्षात्सत्यवतीपुत्रो येन व्यासः सुपूजितः

Transliteration

tena saṃpūjito vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ manuḥ | sākṣātsatyavatīputro yena vyāsaḥ supūjitaḥ

Translation

Par cette manière de culte, Vyāsa est honoré comme il se doit : Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana lui-même, le sage ; le fils même de Satyavatī, à qui l’on rend ainsi une vénération parfaite.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (contextual)

• संपूजितः: well-honoured/worshipped
• संपूजितः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु) → संपूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (epithet of Vyāsa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + द्वैपायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष्य-विशेषणभावेन नाम (appositional epithet)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (in apposition)

• साक्षात्: directly/in person
• साक्षात्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण/निपात (adverb/particle)

• सत्यवतीपुत्रः: son of Satyavatī
• सत्यवतीपुत्रः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘सत्यवत्याः पुत्रः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (apposition to व्यासः)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सुपूजितः: very well honoured
• सुपूजितः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha-kṣetra (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrimage pavilion in the sacred precinct: devotees offer flowers, incense, and a manuscript/leaf-bundle to seated Vyāsa (dark-complexioned, matted hair, deer-skin, kamaṇḍalu), with subtle संकेत of Satyavatī lineage (river/boat motif) and śāstra authority (Mahābhārata grantha).

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana
• Satyavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tradition emphasizes gratitude and reverence toward Vyāsa, the archetypal transmitter of Purāṇic wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of the concluding dharma around the Citreśvarīpīṭha/Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra narration, rather than a new site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse reinforces Vyāsa’s proper worship (Vyāsa-pūjā), implied to be supported by the dānas listed in the preceding verse.