Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

कृष्णांशात्कृष्णनामायं व्यासो वेदान्व्यसिष्यति । विरञ्चिनाभिषिक्तोऽसौ मुनिसङ्घैः पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇāṃśātkṛṣṇanāmāyaṃ vyāso vedānvyasiṣyati | virañcinābhiṣikto'sau munisaṅghaiḥ punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

Kerana merupakan bahagian daripada Kṛṣṇa, beliau menyandang nama ‘Kṛṣṇa’; dan sebagai Vyāsa, beliau akan menyusun serta membahagi Weda. Virañci (Brahmā) menobatkan beliau, dan rombongan para muni berulang kali memuliakan beliau.

Word by Word

• कृष्णांशात्: from a portion of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णांशात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य अंशः)

• कृष्णनाम: named Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णनाम: Predicate adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृष्णं नाम यस्य)

• अयम्: this (person)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• व्यसिष्यति: will arrange/divide
• व्यसिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√अस्/√अस्? (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense intended ‘to arrange/divide’ (व्यास्/व्यस्-धात्वर्थः)

• विरञ्चिना: by Virañci (Brahmā)
• विरञ्चिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरञ्चि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अभिषिक्तः: consecrated
• अभिषिक्तः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√सिच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘anointed/consecrated’

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुनिसङ्घैः: by groups of sages
• मुनिसङ्घैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-सङ्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (repeatedly)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vyāsa-abhisheka-smṛti-tīrtha (consecration remembrance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Virañci) anoints Vyāsa; sages shower flowers; a radiant dark-complexioned sage-child/young ascetic holds palm-leaf manuscripts; the four Vedas symbolized as four luminous streams or books.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• Virañci (Brahmā)
• Muni-saṅgha (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine purpose manifests through sages: Vyāsa’s Vedic work is portrayed as sacred service sanctioned by Brahmā and the ṛṣis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised in this verse; the focus is Vyāsa’s authority and consecration, setting up his later pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (consecration/anointing) is mentioned as a rite of authorization and honor.