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

സ്കന്ദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നീ തന്നെയാണ് രാജാവ്; നിനക്ക് മംഗളം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ—ത്രൈലോക്യത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതനായ प्रभുവിന്നും എനിക്കും കൂടി।

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.