Shloka 15
दक्षिणा-दिक्, पितृपक्ष-प्रतिष्ठा, तथा कर्मगतिः — Suparṇa’s Cosmographic Instruction
प्रोक्षिता यत्र बहवो वराहाद्या मृगा वने । शक्रेण यज्ञभागार्थे दैवतेषु प्रकल्पिता:
prokṣitā yatra bahavo varāhādyā mṛgā vane | śakreṇa yajñabhāgārthe daivateṣu prakalpitāḥ ||
وفي تلك الجهة تقعُ غابةٌ قُدِّست فيها وحوشٌ كثيرة—كالخنازير البرّية وما شابهها—إذ رشَّها شَكْرَة (إندرا) وطهَّرها وخصَّصها ليُحَقِّق نصيبَه من القربان، ثم جُعِلَت مُعَدَّةً للآلهة.
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ritual and moral order: even potentially harmful forces (wild beasts) can be brought under a regulated, consecrated framework when directed toward a sanctioned purpose—here, the rightful distribution of sacrificial portions to the gods. It implies that legitimacy comes from proper consecration and rightful allocation (bhāga) within dharma.
The speaker points out a particular forest-region and identifies it by a traditional account: Indra (Śakra) had consecrated and designated many wild animals there—boars and others—assigning them to the deities in connection with securing the sacrificial share. It functions as a descriptive marker of place and a mythic explanation of why that area is associated with divine-ritual arrangements.