Shloka 33
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
Devanagari script
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणुष्वैतदुपाख्यानं यथावृत्तं जनेश्वर
Transliteration
vaiśampāyana uvāca
śṛṇuṣvaitadupākhyānaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ janeśvara
Translation
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے مردُموں کے سردار! یہ حکایت جیسے واقع ہوئی تھی، ویسے ہی سنو۔
Word by Word
वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपाख्यानम्narrative, episode
उपाख्यानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपाख्यान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यथाas, according to how
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आवृत्तम्happened, occurred (as it took place)
आवृत्तम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootआ-वृत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)
जन-ईश्वरO lord of men (O king)
जन-ईश्वर:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaJ
janeśvara (a king addressed)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of events—an ethical stance of truthful narration (yathāvṛtta) that undergirds dharma-based instruction in the epic.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and signals the start of an embedded episode (upākhyāna), inviting the listener to hear the account as it truly occurred.