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

มารกัณฑยะกล่าวว่า “โอ้บุตร ปู่ทวดและบรรพชนฝ่ายบิดาของเจ้า ล้วนยินดีอยู่เสมอด้วยการสำรวมอินทรีย์ของเจ้า และเราทั้งสองก็พึงพอใจยิ่งด้วยการบูชาและการปรนนิบัติที่เจ้าถวายด้วยความเคารพ”

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

Cross References

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.