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Shloka 1

Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 233 — Pandavas Mobilize; Arjuna’s Conciliation and the Onset of Combat

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें अंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगमें स्‍्कन्दकी उत्पत्ति तथा महिषायुरवधविषयक दो सौ एकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ २३१ ॥ (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका ३ “लोक मिलाकर कुल ११३ ६ “लोक हैं) बह. “+( 9) #2<.3 #23५:१ - रथका वह अग्रभाग जहाँ जूआ बाँधा जाता है, कूबर कहलाता है। ग्राम्य भाषामें उसे “नकेला” या “सबुनी” कहते हैं। द्वात्रिशर्दाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: कार्तिकेयके प्रसिद्ध नामोंका वर्णन तथा उनका स्तवन युधिछिर उवाच भगवन्‌ श्रोतुमिच्छामि नामान्यस्य महात्मन: । त्रिषु लोकेषु यान्यस्य विख्यातानि द्विजोत्तम,युधिष्ठिर बोले--भगवन्‌! विप्रवर! तीनों लोकोंमें महामना कार्तिकेयके जो-जो नाम विख्यात हैं, मैं उन्हें सुनना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Bhagavan śrotum icchāmi nāmāny asya mahātmanaḥ | triṣu lokeṣu yāny asya vikhyātāni dvijottama ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Revered sir, best of the twice-born, I wish to hear the names of that great-souled one—those by which he is renowned throughout the three worlds.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid/spoke

भगवन्O venerable one/Lord

श्रोतुम्to hear

इच्छामिI wish/desire

नामानिnames

अस्यof him/of this one

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

त्रिषुin the three

लोकेषुworlds

यानिwhich (ones)

अस्यof him

विख्यातानिwell-known/renowned

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (Brahmin)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kārttikeya (Skanda)

Dvijottama (addressed sage/brāhmaṇa; likely Mārkaṇḍeya in context)

Three worlds (trailokya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reverent inquiry into a deity’s celebrated names frames devotion as disciplined listening (śravaṇa) and remembrance; knowing epithets is presented as a way to honor divine qualities recognized across the three worlds.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the start of the chapter, Yudhiṣṭhira requests the sage to recite the famous names of Kārttikeya/Skanda—introducing a section of praise and enumeration of the deity’s epithets.