Shloka 33

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणुष्वैतदुपाख्यानं यथावृत्तं जनेश्वर

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca

śṛṇuṣvaitadupākhyānaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ janeśvara

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O lord of men, listen to this narrative exactly as it occurred.”

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शृणुष्व: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपाख्यानम्: narrative, episode
• उपाख्यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आवृत्तम्: happened, occurred (as it took place)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-वृत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)

• जन-ईश्वर: O lord of men (O king)
• जन-ईश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• janeśvara (a king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of events—an ethical stance of truthful narration (yathāvṛtta) that undergirds dharma-based instruction in the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and signals the start of an embedded episode (upākhyāna), inviting the listener to hear the account as it truly occurred.