Shloka 5

भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः

Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa

Devanagari script

पज्चवर्ण: स तपसा कृतस्तै: पञ्चभिर्जनै: । पाज्चजन्य: श्रुतों देवः पजचवंशकरस्तु सः

Transliteration

pañcavarṇaḥ sa tapasā kṛtas taiḥ pañcabhir janaiḥ | pāñcajanyaḥ śruto devaḥ pañcavaṁśakaraḥ tu saḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: By the power of austerity, those five sages brought forth a man of fivefold hue. Because he was thus known as “Pāñcajanya”—a godlike being associated with the five—he became the founder and continuator of the lineages of those five ṛṣis.

Word by Word

• पञ्चवर्णः: the five-colored one
• पञ्चवर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कृतः: made/produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पञ्चभिः: by five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• जनैः: people/persons
• जनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पाञ्चजन्यः: Pāñcajanya (name)
• पाञ्चजन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतः: was heard/was known (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• देवः: the god; divine one
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चवंशकरः: the maker/founder of the five lineages
• पञ्चवंशकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चवंशकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Pāñcajanya
• five sages (pañca janāḥ/pañca ṛṣayaḥ)