Shloka 13

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

एवमुक्‍त्वा सरिच्छेष्ठामूचुस्तेडथ परस्परम्‌ । विमोचयामहे सर्वे शापादेतां सरस्वतीम्‌,सरिताओंमें श्रेष्ठ सरस्वतीसे ऐसा कहकर वे आपसमें बोले--“हम सब लोग मिलकर इस सरस्वतीको शापसे छुटकारा दिलावें”

Transliteration

evam uktvā saricchreṣṭhām ūcus te ’tha parasparam | vimocayāmahe sarve śāpād etāṃ sarasvatīm ||

Translation

Pagkasabi nila nang gayon kay Sarasvatī, ang pinakadakila sa mga ilog, nag-usap-usap sila: “Tayo’y magkaisa at palayain ang Sarasvatī na ito mula sa sumpa.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

सरित्of rivers

श्रेष्ठाम्the best (female)

ऊचुःthey said

तेthey

अथthen

परस्परम्to one another / mutually

विमोचयामहेwe shall release / we will cause to be freed

सर्वेall (of us)

शापात्from the curse

एताम्this (her)

सरस्वतीम्Sarasvatī (river/goddess)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sarasvatī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a harmful condition (like a curse) afflicts a sacred being or place, the righteous response is not indifference but shared effort to set things right—an ethic of collective responsibility and restoration.

What is happening in the narrative?

After addressing Sarasvatī, the group confers among themselves and resolves to act together to free her from a curse, indicating a turning point from speech to coordinated remedial action.