Shloka 5

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

अपूजयन्‌ महात्मानो ब्राह्मणास्तं महाबलम्‌ | इदमाहुस्तदा चैव स्कन्दं तत्र महर्षय:,महामना ब्राह्मणोंने महाबली स्कन्दकी पूजा की और सब महर्षियोंने वहाँ आकर उनका इस प्रकार स्तवन किया

Transliteration

apūjayan mahātmāno brāhmaṇās taṃ mahābalam | idam āhus tadā caiva skandaṃ tatra maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

Bấy giờ, các Bà-la-môn đại tâm đã tôn kính phụng thờ đấng dũng lực ấy. Và ngay lúc đó, các đại hiền triết tại nơi ấy đã cất lời tán thán Skanda.

Word by Word

• अपूजयन्: they worshipped/honoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महात्मानः: great-souled (ones)
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबलम्: mighty/very strong
• महाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this (speech/words)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आहुः: they said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्कन्दम्: Skanda
• स्कन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Brāhmaṇas
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Maharṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honoring worthy beings—especially through sincere worship and truthful praise—is presented as a dharmic act: it cultivates humility, recognizes sacred power, and reinforces ethical order through reverence rather than arrogance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the Brahmins worship the mighty Skanda, and the assembled great sages then speak a formal praise (stuti) to him on the spot.