Shloka 5
चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः
Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement
अपूजयन् महात्मानो ब्राह्मणास्तं महाबलम् | इदमाहुस्तदा चैव स्कन्दं तत्र महर्षय:,महामना ब्राह्मणोंने महाबली स्कन्दकी पूजा की और सब महर्षियोंने वहाँ आकर उनका इस प्रकार स्तवन किया
apūjayan mahātmāno brāhmaṇās taṃ mahābalam | idam āhus tadā caiva skandaṃ tatra maharṣayaḥ ||
حينئذٍ أكرمَ البراهمةُ ذوو النفوس العظيمة ذلك الجبّار. وفي ذلك الوقت نفسه خاطبه الحكماءُ العظام هناك—سكندا—بكلمات الثناء.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honoring worthy beings—especially through sincere worship and truthful praise—is presented as a dharmic act: it cultivates humility, recognizes sacred power, and reinforces ethical order through reverence rather than arrogance.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the Brahmins worship the mighty Skanda, and the assembled great sages then speak a formal praise (stuti) to him on the spot.