Shloka 5

स्कन्दसेनापत्याभिषेकः

Skanda’s Consecration as Devasenāpati

Devanagari script

एतदिच्छाम्यहं त्वत्त: श्रीतुं भार्गवसत्तम । कौतूहलसमाविष्टो याथातथ्यं महामुने,भूगुकुलतिलक महामुने! मैं आपके मुखसे यह सब वृत्तान्त यथार्थरूपसे सुनना चाहता हूँ, इसके लिये मेरे मनमें बड़ी उत्कण्ठा है

Transliteration

etad icchāmy ahaṃ tvattaḥ śrotuṃ bhārgavasattama | kautūhalasamāviṣṭo yāthātathyaṃ mahāmune ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O best of the Bhārgavas, I wish to hear this from you directly. Filled with keen curiosity, O great sage, I desire to learn the truth exactly as it happened.”

Word by Word

• {'etad': 'this (matter, account)', 'icchāmi': 'I wish, I desire', 'ahaṃ': 'I', 'tvattaḥ': 'from you', 'śrotum (śrotuṃ)': 'to hear', 'bhārgava-sattama': 'best among the Bhārgavas (descendants of Bhṛgu)

• an honorific for the sage', 'kautūhala': 'curiosity, eager interest', 'samāviṣṭaḥ': 'entered into, possessed by, filled with', 'yāthātathyam': 'in accordance with the real facts

• exactly as it truly was', 'mahāmune': 'O great sage'}

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārgava (sage addressed; descendant of Bhṛgu)
• Bhṛgu (implied by 'Bhārgava')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models a dharmic approach to knowledge: the listener seeks truth “as it really happened” (yāthātathyam) from a qualified authority, showing humility, sincerity, and commitment to factual accuracy rather than rumor or speculation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a revered Bhārgava sage and requests a truthful, detailed account of the matter under discussion, stating that he is eager and curious to hear it directly from the sage.