Shloka 39

Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

तस्य क्षेत्रस्य रक्षार्थं ददौ स पुरुषोत्तमः यक्षं च चन्द्रनामानं वासुकिं चापि पन्नगम्

Transliteration

tasya kṣetrasya rakṣārthaṃ dadau sa puruṣottamaḥ yakṣaṃ ca candranāmānaṃ vāsukiṃ cāpi pannagam

Translation

その聖域（クシェートラ）を守護するため、至上の御方（プルショーッタマ）は、チャンドラ（Candra）という名のヤクシャと、蛇族（パンナガ）であるヴァースキ（Vāsuki）をも守護者として任じた。

Word by Word

• tasya: of that (place/person)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṣetrasya: of the field/holy place
• kṣetrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• rakṣā-artham: for the protection
• rakṣā-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); purpose sense (प्रयोजन)

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, Perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• puruṣottamaḥ: the best of men (Puruṣottama)
• puruṣottamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yakṣam: a Yakṣa
• yakṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक निपात)

• candranāmānam: named Candra
• candranāmānam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound meaning 'named Candra'; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying yakṣam

• vāsukim: Vāsuki
• vāsukim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsuki (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक निपात)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (सम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक निपात)

• pannagam: serpent
• pannagam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pannaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to vāsukim

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical Vāmana Purāṇa framing; chapter-level attribution)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (as Puruṣottama)
• Vāsuki (Nāga guardian)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Kṣetra-rakṣā (protection of holy land)
• Cosmic administration via guardian beings
• Non-sectarian inclusion of diverse divine classes (Yakṣa, Nāga)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Holy places are portrayed as living moral-spiritual ecosystems: their sanctity is safeguarded not only by human dharma but also by a divinely ordered network of guardians. The ethical implication is reverence and restraint in sacred regions, aligning conduct with the kṣetra’s purity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This aligns best with Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material and kṣetra-māhātmya (a common Purāṇic mode), rather than strict cosmogony (sarga/pratisarga). It is a descriptive-etiological passage explaining the guardianship of a famed sacred geography.

What is the symbolic significance?

Yakṣas and Nāgas often symbolize terrestrial and subterranean powers (wealth, waters, thresholds). Assigning them to protect the kṣetra suggests that all layers of the cosmos—surface and underworld—are harmonized to preserve dharma concentrated in a tīrtha-region.