Shloka 103

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्यमानस्त्रिदशैरभिवाद्य महेश्वरम्‌ । शुशुभे कृत्तिकापुत्र: प्रकीर्णाशुरिवांशुमान्‌,उस समय देवतालोग कृत्तिकानन्दन स्कन्ददेवकी स्तुति और पूजा करने लगे। कुमार स्कन्द अपने पिता महेश्वरको प्रणाम करके सब ओर किरणें बिखेरनेवाले अंशुमाली सूर्यकी भाँति शोभा पाने लगे

Transliteration

sampūjyamānas tridaśair abhivādya maheśvaram | śuśubhe kṛttikāputraḥ prakīrṇāśur ivāṃśumān ||

Translation

त्रिदशांनी पूजिला जात असताना कृत्तिकापुत्र स्कंदाने महेश्वराला प्रणाम केला; आणि मग तो सर्वत्र किरणे पसरविणाऱ्या तेजस्वी सूर्याप्रमाणे शोभून दिसू लागला.

Word by Word

सम्पूज्यमानःbeing worshipped / honored

त्रिदशैःby the gods (thirty)

अभिवाद्यhaving saluted

महेश्वरम्Maheshvara (Śiva)

शुशुभेshone / appeared splendid

कृत्तिकापुत्रःKṛttikā’s son (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

प्रकीर्णाशुःwhose rays are scattered (radiant)

इवlike / as

अंशुमान्the radiant one (the Sun)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tridaśas (Devas)

Skanda (Kārttikeya, Kṛttikāputra)

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Sūrya (Āṃśumān)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one is celebrated and worshipped, true greatness is shown by first offering reverence to the higher principle (here, Skanda honoring Śiva). Glory (śrī/tejas) is portrayed as arising from humility and right devotion, not from mere acclaim.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes the gods worshipping Skanda. Skanda then salutes Maheśvara (Śiva), and his splendor is compared to the sun spreading its rays, emphasizing his divine radiance and auspicious presence.