Shloka 19

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच त्वमेव राजा भद्र ते त्रैलोक्यस्थ ममैव च

Transliteration

skanda uvāca tvam eva rājā bhadra te trailokyastha mamaiva ca

Translation

スカンダは言った。「ただ汝こそ王である――汝に吉祥あれ――三界に住まう御方のためにも、そして我がためにも。」

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/alone
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भद्र: O auspicious one / O noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• त्रैलोक्यस्थः: situated in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed/alone
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

स्कन्द उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Skanda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate kingship is portrayed as something affirmed by auspicious, cosmic sanction: sovereignty should align with dharma and the wider order of the three worlds, not merely personal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Skanda addresses someone as the true king and offers a blessing, presenting the addressee’s authority as recognized on a cosmic scale (“in the three worlds”) and personally endorsed by the deity-speaker.