Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
वेणुवादनतत्त्वज्ञः स्वयं श्रुतिधरोभवत् । नृत्यं परिसमाप्येत्थं व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः
veṇuvādanatattvajñaḥ svayaṃ śrutidharobhavat | nṛtyaṃ parisamāpyetthaṃ vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ
ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ವೇಣುವಾದನದ ತತ್ತ್ವಜ್ಞನಾಗಿಯೂ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಶ್ರುತಿಧರನಾಗಿಯೂ ಇರುವ ಸತ್ಯವತೀಸುತ ವ್ಯಾಸನು ತನ್ನ ನೃತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸಿದನು।
Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice; traditionally Skanda addressing Agastya in Kāśī Khaṇḍa)
FAQs
Even extraordinary learning and artistry are ultimately framed within dharma; sacred narrative prepares the listener for the higher teaching on whom to worship.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, where right devotion and the supremacy of Śiva are repeatedly established.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative description.