Shloka 11

स्कन्दोपाख्यानम् — उत्पातशान्तिः, स्वाहारूपविचारः, कौमारमङ्गलक्रियाः

Devanagari script

पितु: पितामहा ये च तथैव प्रपितामहा: । प्रीतास्ते सततं पुत्र दमेनावां च पूजया,वत्स! मेरे पिताके पितामह और प्रपितामह आदि सभी तुम्हारे इन्द्रियसंयमसे सदा प्रसन्न रहते हैं। हम दोनों भी तुम्हारे द्वारा की हुई पूजा-सेवासे बहुत संतुष्ट हैं

Transliteration

pituḥ pitāmahā ye ca tathaiva prapitāmahāḥ | prītās te satataṃ putra damenāvāṃ ca pūjayā |

Translation

മാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മകനേ, നിന്റെ പിതാമഹന്മാരും പ്രപിതാമഹന്മാരും മറ്റ് പിതൃപുരുഷന്മാരും നിന്റെ ഇന്ദ്രിയസംയമം കൊണ്ടു നിത്യവും പ്രസന്നരാണ്. ഞങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും കൂടി നീ അർപ്പിച്ച പൂജയും സേവയും കൊണ്ടു അത്യന്തം തൃപ്തരാണ്.

Word by Word

पितुःof (your) father

पितामहाःgrandfathers

येwho

चand

तथाlikewise

एवindeed/just

प्रपितामहाःgreat-grandfathers

प्रीताःpleased

तेthey

सततम्always/constantly

पुत्रO son

दमेनby self-control (sense-restraint)

आवाम्we two

चalso/and

पूजयाby worship/service

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

paternal ancestors (pitāmahāḥ, prapitāmahāḥ)

the addressed son (putra)

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?

The verse teaches that self-restraint (dama)—especially control of the senses—along with respectful worship and service, brings lasting satisfaction to elders and even to one’s forefathers. Ethical discipline is presented as a form of dharma that benefits both the living community and the ancestral line.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses a younger person as “son,” praising his conduct. He states that the listener’s self-control continually pleases the paternal ancestors, and that the two elders speaking (āvām) are also highly satisfied by the worship/service rendered to them.