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Shloka 28

Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)

शाको नाम महाराज प्रजा तस्य सदानुगा । तत्र पुण्या जनपदा: पूज्यते तत्र शंकर:

saṃjaya uvāca | śāko nāma mahārāja prajā tasya sadānugā | tatra puṇyā janapadāḥ pūjyate tatra śaṅkaraḥ |

மகாராஜா! அங்கே ‘சாக’ எனும் மாபெரும் மரம் உள்ளது; அங்குள்ள மக்கள் எப்போதும் அதனைப் பின்பற்றி அதன்மீதே சார்ந்து வாழ்கிறார்கள். அங்கே புனிதமான குடியிருப்புகள் உள்ளன; அங்கே பகவான் சங்கரர் வழிபடப்படுகிறார்.

शाकःŚāka (name; the śāka-tree)
शाकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशाक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रजाthe people
प्रजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof it / of that (island/tree)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
अनुगाfollowing; dependent (on)
अनुगा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुग
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
पुण्याःholy, meritorious
पुण्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जनपदाःcountries/regions/settlements
जनपदाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनपद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पूज्यतेis worshipped
पूज्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपूज्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
शंकरःŚaṅkara (Śiva)
शंकरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशंकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
M
Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
Ś
Śāka (the great tree)
J
Janapadas (holy settlements/regions)
Ś
Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dharmic life through dependence on a sustaining sacred symbol (the Śāka tree) and the centrality of worship (Śaṅkara) in sanctified communities—suggesting that social order and well-being are grounded in reverence, sacred ecology, and devotion.

Sañjaya is describing a sacred region: a vast tree called Śāka, around which the people live in continual reliance, and holy settlements where Śiva (Śaṅkara) is worshipped.