Shloka 39

Devanagari script

समन्तपज्चके पुण्ये त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्वरुते

Transliteration

samantapañcake puṇye triṣu lokeṣu viśrute

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മൂന്നു ലോകങ്ങളിലും പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ആ പുണ്യ സമന്തപഞ്ചകത്തിൽ,

Word by Word

समन्तपञ्चकेin (the place called) Samantapañcaka

पुण्येholy, sacred (place)

त्रिषुin the three

लोकेषुworlds

विश्वश्रुतेrenowned in all the worlds

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Samantapañcaka

three worlds (trailokya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of place: the battlefield is not merely a strategic arena but a sanctified, world-renowned kṣetra. By invoking Samantapañcaka’s holiness and fame, the narration frames the coming events under the shadow of dharma and the lasting moral consequences of actions performed in a sacred setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya begins a description by locating the action at Samantapañcaka, the celebrated holy region of Kurukṣetra. The line functions as a scene-setting preface, emphasizing the sanctity and universal renown of the place where the war’s decisive events unfold.