Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अतः संपूजनीयस्तु व्यासः शास्त्रोपदेशकः । गोभू हिरण्यवस्त्राद्यैर्भोजनैः सार्वकामिकैः

Transliteration

ataḥ saṃpūjanīyastu vyāsaḥ śāstropadeśakaḥ | gobhū hiraṇyavastrādyairbhojanaiḥ sārvakāmikaiḥ

Translation

C’est pourquoi Vyāsa, maître qui enseigne les śāstra, doit être honoré comme il se doit par des dons tels que vaches, terres, or, vêtements, et par des repas comblant tous les besoins.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात्-अर्थ

• संपूजनीयः: worthy to be duly worshipped
• संपूजनीयः: Karta (Predicate adjective of Vyāsa/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-तव्यत्/अनीयर् (gerundive: ‘to be’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शास्त्र-उपदेशकः: the instructor of scripture
• शास्त्र-उपदेशकः: Karta (Apposition to Vyāsa/सम्बोधन-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदेशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of scripture’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गोभू: cows and land
• गोभू: Karma (Items offered/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन/एकवचन-प्रयोगः (समाहार/समुच्चयार्थ); अत्र दानद्रव्य-सूची

• हिरण्य-वस्त्र-आद्यैः: with gold, clothes, and the like
• हिरण्य-वस्त्र-आद्यैः: Karana (Means/with items/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/सूच्यर्थक तत्पुरुष (…-आदि), नपुंसक/पुं, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• भोजनैः: with meals/food offerings
• भोजनैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सार्वकामिकैः: fulfilling all desires
• सार्वकामिकैः: Karana (Qualifier of means/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वकामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भोजनैः इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from phalaśruti concluding injunctions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred assembly after scripture-recitation: the upadeśaka Vyāsa (or the archetypal teacher) seated on a vyāsapīṭha; devotees approach with cows, gold, folded garments, and trays of food; hands joined in reverence; tīrtha-town ambience with temple flags and conch motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural transmission is sustained by reverence and generosity toward the teacher; dāna and hospitality are integral to Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the contextual holy landscape, though this verse focuses on the ethics of honoring the expounder of the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃpūjā (formal honoring) of Vyāsa/the śāstra-teacher with dāna—cows, land, gold, garments—and bhojana (feeding).