Shloka 19

स्कन्दोपाख्यानम् — उत्पातशान्तिः, स्वाहारूपविचारः, कौमारमङ्गलक्रियाः

Devanagari script

त्रयस्त्रिंशद्‌ यथा देवा: सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमा: । सम्पूज्या: सर्वलोकस्य तथा वृद्धाविमौ मम,जैसे समस्त संसारके लिये इन्द्र आदि तैंतीस- देवता पूजनीय हैं, उसी प्रकार मेरे लिये ये दोनों बूढ़े माता-पिता ही आराधनीय हैं

Transliteration

trayastrinśad yathā devāḥ sarve śakra-purogamāḥ | sampūjyāḥ sarva-lokasya tathā vṛddhāv imau mama ||

Translation

狩人は言った。「インドラを先頭とする三十三神が全世界にとって礼拝に値するように、私にとってはこの年老いた二人——母と父——こそがまさに崇拝の対象なのです。」

Word by Word

त्रयःthree

त्रिंशत्thirty

यथाjust as

देवाःgods

सर्वेall

शक्रIndra (Śakra)

पुरोगमाःhaving (him) going in front; led by

सम्पूज्याःto be duly worshipped; worthy of worship

सर्वलोकस्यof the whole world

तथाso; in the same way

वृद्धौthe two aged (ones)

इमौthese two

ममof me; my

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyādha (the hunter)

Śakra/Indra

the thirty-three Devas

mother

father

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is shown through lived reverence and service: honoring one’s parents is presented as a form of worship comparable to venerating the gods, emphasizing gratitude, duty, and ethical conduct in everyday life.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha), while instructing his listener on dharma, explains his own practice: he treats his aged parents as his highest deities, asserting that their service is his primary religious obligation.