Shloka 18

स्कन्दसेनापत्याभिषेकः

Skanda’s Consecration as Devasenāpati

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच तच्छुत्वाज्धिरसो वाक्‍्यं जातवेदास्तथाकरोत्‌ । राजन्‌ बृहस्पतिर्नाम तस्याप्यज्धिरस: सुत:,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! अंगिराका यह वचन सुनकर अग्निदेवने वैसा ही किया। उन्हें अपना प्रथम पुत्र मान लिया। फिर अंगिराके भी बृहस्पति नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca— tac chrutvā Āṅgirasaḥ vākyam Jātavedās tathākarot | rājan Bṛhaspatir nāma tasyāpy Āṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O King, having heard the words of Aṅgiras, Jātavedas (Agni) acted accordingly. He accepted him as his first-born. Thereafter, even Aṅgiras had a son named Bṛhaspati.”

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

तत्that

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

अङ्गिरसःAngiras

वाक्यम्speech; statement

जातवेदाःJataveda (Agni)

तथाthus; in that manner

अकरोत्did; made

राजन्O king

बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati

नामby name; named

तस्यof him; his

अपिalso; even

अङ्गिरसःof Angiras

सुतःson

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Aṅgiras

Jātavedas (Agni)

Bṛhaspati

Rājan (the King addressed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes