Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अतः संपूजनीयस्तु व्यासः शास्त्रोपदेशकः । गोभूहिरण्यवस्त्राद्यैर्भोजनैः सार्व कामिकैः

Transliteration

ataḥ saṃpūjanīyastu vyāsaḥ śāstropadeśakaḥ | gobhūhiraṇyavastrādyairbhojanaiḥ sārva kāmikaiḥ

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้น พระวยาส ผู้สั่งสอนศาสตรธรรม จึงควรได้รับการบูชาอย่างสมควร ด้วยทานคือโค ที่ดิน ทองคำ ผ้านุ่งห่มเป็นต้น และด้วยภัตตาหารอันอุดมที่เกื้อหนุนความต้องการทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• संपूजनीयः: worthy to be worshipped
• संपूजनीयः: Vidhेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → संपूजनीय (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण; पूजनीय (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थः ‘to be worshipped’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): तु = but/indeed (emphasis/contrast)

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

• शास्त्र-उपदेशकः: teacher/instructor of scripture
• शास्त्र-उपदेशकः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदेशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावः: ‘शास्त्रस्य उपदेशकः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गो-भू-हिरण्य-वस्त्र-आद्यैः: with (gifts like) cows, land, gold, clothes, etc.
• गो-भू-हिरण्य-वस्त्र-आद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (प्रातिपदिक) + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/सूची-समास (gifts such as cows, land, gold, clothes, etc.); तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समाहारार्थे (collective sense)

• भोजनैः: with foods/feasts
• भोजनैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्व-कामिकैः: fulfilling all desires; of every kind
• सर्व-कामिकैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘सर्वे कामाः येषु/यैः’ = fulfilling all desires); तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-रूपेण साधारण-विशेषण (agreeing with दान/भोजनादि implied)

Speaker

Unknown (Māhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in tīrthamāhātmya style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees present cows, cloth, gold, and abundant food to a venerable Vyāsa-like teacher; the teacher blesses them; the setting suggests a tīrtha maṇḍapa or āśrama near a sacred site.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture is preserved through teachers; honoring the lineage of Vyāsa through generous support is upheld as a key dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, where tīrtha merit is paired with gifts and reverence to teachers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna and hospitality: giving cows, land, gold, garments, and food to honor the scripture-instructor (Vyāsa as principle).