Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71
जनकाय नरेंद्राय व्याख्याय च ततः परम् । कात्यायनं सुतं प्राप्य वेदसूत्रस्य कारकम्
janakāya nareṃdrāya vyākhyāya ca tataḥ param | kātyāyanaṃ sutaṃ prāpya vedasūtrasya kārakam
اس کے بعد اس نے انسانوں کے سردار، راجا جنک کو اس کی تشریح سنائی، پھر اپنے بیٹے کاتیایَن سے ملا—جو وید سوتروں کا رچیتا تھا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya setting implied by Sūta-ṛṣi frame)
Scene: A sage expounds sacred doctrine to King Janaka in a royal-forest liminal setting; afterward he meets Kātyāyana, portrayed as a youthful sūtra-composer holding palm-leaf manuscripts, with a subtle aura of Vedic fire-light.
FAQs
True learning flows into public instruction—guiding rulers and shaping disciplined scripture through sūtra tradition.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the chapter’s sacred narrative linking tirtha-merit to Vedic transmission.
None; it describes dissemination of teaching (vyākhyā) and the formation of sūtra-based Vedic discipline.