Shloka 216
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
अप्रधृष्यतरं चैव महोरगसमाकुलम् । भगवान् भूतनाथका वह भयानक स्थान बड़ी शोभा पा रहा था। वह अत्यन्त दुर्धर्ष और बड़े-बड़े सर्पोंसे भरा हुआ था
apradhṛṣyataraṃ caiva mahoragasamākulam | bhagavān bhūtanāthakaḥ sa vah bhayānaka-sthānaḥ baḍī śobhā pā rahā thā | sa atyanta durdharṣa aur baṛe-baṛe sarpoṃ se bharā huā thā |
قال نارادا: «كان ذلك الموضع يبدو بالغَ الرهبة والهيبة، متلألئًا في جلاله المخيف ذاته. يكاد يستحيل اقتحامه، ويغصّ بالأفاعي العظام—وهو مشهدٌ نذيرٌ يحذّر من الخطر الذي يعقب دخول المواطن المهيبة دون توقيرٍ وكفّ نفسٍ واجبين.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores reverence and caution before formidable, fearsome realms: ethical conduct includes recognizing limits, approaching dangerous or sacred spaces with restraint, and not acting rashly where consequences are severe.
Nārada describes a dreadful, unassailable location—radiant yet terrifying—swarming with great serpents, setting the scene and heightening the sense of peril surrounding the place being spoken of.