Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
तदहं स्वांश्च पृच्छामि केन कालेन हंति कः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राज्ञः फाल्गुनो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
Transliteration
tadahaṃ svāṃśca pṛcchāmi kena kālena haṃti kaḥ | etacchrutvā vaco rājñaḥ phālguno vākyamabravīt
Translation
ดังนั้นเราจึงถามไพร่พลของเราเองว่า ใครจักสังหารพวกนั้น และเมื่อกาลใด? ครั้นได้ยินพระดำรัสของพระราชาแล้ว ฟาลคุนะ (อรชุน) จึงกล่าวตอบ
Word by Word
तत्that (matter/thing)
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
स्वान्my own (people)
स्वान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; स्वकीय-जनाः (own people)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
पृच्छामिI ask
पृच्छामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
केनby whom / with what
केन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
कालेनby time / at what time
कालेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
हन्तिkills / strikes
हन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
कःwho
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया
वचःwords / speech
वचः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
फाल्गुनःPhālguna (Arjuna)
फाल्गुनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अर्जुन-नाम
वाक्यम्a statement
वाक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Sūta (narration), with Duryodhana quoted; then Phālguna (Arjuna) responds
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king questions his attendants about who will slay and when; Arjuna (Phālguna) steps forward to reply, bow at his side, the court/war-camp tense with impending battle.
Characters & Entities
D
DuryodhanaP
Phālguna (Arjuna)FAQs
Dharma narratives often pivot on speech: questions born of fear invite replies grounded in discernment and truth.
None.
None.