Shloka 40

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

लोहितस्योदथे: कन्या धात्री स्कन्दस्यथ सा स्मृता

Transliteration

lohitasya udatheḥ kanyā dhātrī skandasyātha sā smṛtā

Translation

قال ماركاندييا: «تُعرَف بأنها ابنةُ محيطِ لوهيتا، وتُذكَر بأنها مرضعةُ سكَندا (أمُّه بالتبنّي)».

Word by Word

• लोहितस्य: of Lohita
• लोहितस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उदधेः: of the ocean
• उदधेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कन्या: a maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धात्री: nurse; foster-mother
• धात्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धात्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृता: is remembered/known as
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (स्मरणे)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Lohita
• Ocean (Udadhi)
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes how sacred tradition preserves identities through relational roles—lineage (“daughter of the ocean”) and service (“nurse of Skanda”). It highlights the ethical value of nurturing and support as a revered, remembered function.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya identifies a female figure by giving two traditional descriptors: her origin as the ocean’s daughter associated with Lohita, and her recognized role as Skanda’s dhātrī (nurse/foster-mother), situating her within Skanda-related mythic genealogy.