Shloka 39

Devanagari script

समन्तपज्चके पुण्ये त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्वरुते

Transliteration

samantapañcake puṇye triṣu lokeṣu viśrute

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—اس مقدس سمنت پنچک میں، جو تینوں جہانوں میں مشہور ہے،

Word by Word

• समन्तपञ्चके: in (the place called) Samantapañcaka
• समन्तपञ्चके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समन्तपञ्चक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुण्ये: holy, sacred (place)
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विश्वश्रुते: renowned in all the worlds
• विश्वश्रुते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वश्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Samantapañcaka
• three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of place: the battlefield is not merely a strategic arena but a sanctified, world-renowned kṣetra. By invoking Samantapañcaka’s holiness and fame, the narration frames the coming events under the shadow of dharma and the lasting moral consequences of actions performed in a sacred setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya begins a description by locating the action at Samantapañcaka, the celebrated holy region of Kurukṣetra. The line functions as a scene-setting preface, emphasizing the sanctity and universal renown of the place where the war’s decisive events unfold.