Shloka 231

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

जो ब्राह्मण एकाग्रचित्त हो स्कन्ददेवके इस जन्मवृत्तान्तका पाठ करता है, वह संसारमें पुष्टिको प्राप्त हो अन्तमें भगवान्‌ स्कन्दके लोकमें जाता है ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आज्धिरसे स्कनन्‍्दोत्पत्तौ महिषासुरवधे एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

yo brāhmaṇa ekāgracittaḥ san skandadevasya asya janma-vṛttāntasya pāṭhaṃ karoti, sa saṃsāre puṣṭiṃ prāpya ante bhagavataḥ skandasya loke gacchati.

Translation

マールカンデーヤは言った。「心を一つに定め、乱れなくこのスカンダ神の誕生譚を誦する婆羅門は、この世において健やかな繁栄を得、ついには福徳なるスカンダ尊の世界へと至る。」

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकाग्रचित्तः: with concentrated mind
• एकाग्रचित्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाग्रचित्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्कन्ददेवस्य: of Lord Skanda
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्ददेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जन्मवृत्तान्तस्य: of the birth-account/biography
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मवृत्तान्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पाठम्: recitation/reading
• पाठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• करोति: does/recites
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• संसारे: in the world
• संसारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुष्टिम्: nourishment/prosperity
• पुष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भगवतः: of the Blessed Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गच्छति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasya section
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्कन्दोत्पत्तौ: in (the topic of) Skanda's birth/origin
• स्कन्दोत्पत्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्दोत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• महिषासुरवधे: in (the topic of) the slaying of Mahishasura
• महिषासुरवधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषासुरवध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमः: two-hundred-and-thirty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)