Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततो व्यासः पूजनीयो वस्त्रदानादिभूषणैः । गोभूहिरण्यनिर्वापैर्दानैश्च विविधैरपि

Transliteration

tato vyāsaḥ pūjanīyo vastradānādibhūṣaṇaiḥ | gobhūhiraṇyanirvāpairdānaiśca vividhairapi

Translation

तस्माद्व्यासः पूजनीयः वस्त्रदानादिभूषणैः, गोभूहिरण्यनिर्वापैः तथा विविधैर्दानैरपि।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तदस्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; thereafter/from that)

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

• पूजनीयः: is to be worshipped/honoured
• पूजनीयः: Kriyā (Predicate obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजनीय (√पूज् धातु + अनीयर् प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive; ‘to be worshipped’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• वस्त्र-दान-आदि-भूषणैः: with ornaments such as garments and gifts
• वस्त्र-दान-आदि-भूषणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (समाहार/निर्देश), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण

• गो-भू-हिरण्य-निर्वापैः: with bestowals of cows, land, and gold
• गो-भू-हिरण्य-निर्वापैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (प्रातिपदिक) + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्वाप (निर्+√वप् धातु, घञ्/प्रातिपदिक; ‘bestowal’)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण

• दानैः: with gifts
• दानैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; also/even)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience / kathā participants (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa seated as venerable sage with matted hair and manuscript; devotees offer folded garments, a cow led by a rope, a small land-deed scroll, and a gold pot; the scene conveys formal vyāsa-pūjā after a Purāṇa recital.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Dāna
• Go-dāna
• Bhū-dāna
• Hiraṇya-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural knowledge is to be repaid through reverence—especially toward Vyāsa, emblem of the Purāṇic tradition—and through charitable giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears as part of the conclusion of the Citreśvarīpīṭha/Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra-māhātmya, linking the site’s narration to dharmic dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vyāsa-pūjā accompanied by dāna: cloth, cows, land, gold, and other gifts.