Shloka 136

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

कार्तिकेयश्व भगवांस्त्रिसंध्यं किल भारत । सांनिध्यमकरोमज्नित्यं भार्गवप्रियकाम्यया,भारत! शुक्राचार्यजीका प्रिय करनेके लिये भगवान्‌ कार्तिकेय भी वहाँ सदा तीनों संध्याओंके समय उपस्थित रहते हैं

Transliteration

Kārtikeyaś ca bhagavāṁs trisandhyaṁ kila Bhārata | sānnidhyam akarod nityaṁ Bhārgava-priya-kāmyayā ||

Translation

Ghūlastya nói: “Hỡi Bhārata, người ta kể rằng đức Thế Tôn Kārtikeya không hề vắng mặt nơi ấy vào ba thời hành lễ lúc chạng vạng mỗi ngày. Ngài luôn làm như vậy, vì muốn làm đẹp lòng Bhārgava (Śukrācārya).”

Word by Word

कार्तिकेयःKartikeya (Skanda)

चand

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

त्रिसन्ध्यम्at the three twilight-times (thrice daily)

किलindeed/it is said

भारतO Bharata

सान्निध्यम्presence/attendance

अकरोत्made/maintained (was present)

अजthe Unborn (a divine epithet)

नित्यम्always

भार्गवप्रियकाम्ययाby the desire to please the Bhargava (Shukra)

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghūlastya

Kārtikeya (Skanda)

Bhārata (addressee, Bharata-lineage)

Bhārgava (Śukrācārya)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a mighty deity is portrayed as honoring disciplined daily practice and showing humility toward a revered teacher; pleasing and respecting one’s guru/elder through consistent right conduct is upheld as dharmic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports that Kārtikeya regularly attended at the three daily sandhyā times, doing so continually with the intention of pleasing the Bhārgava—understood here as Śukrācārya.