Shloka 13
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र देव्या: स्थान सुदुर्लभम् । शाकम्भरीति विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता,राजेन्द्र! वहाँसे परमदुर्लभ देवीस्थानकी यात्रा करे, वह देवी तीनों लोकोंमें शाकम्भरीके नामसे विख्यात है
tato gacchet rājendra devyāḥ sthānaṃ sudurlabham | śākambharīti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā ||
ثمّ، يا خيرَ الملوك، ينبغي أن يمضي المرء إلى مقام الإلهة المقدّس، وهو شديد العُسر في الوصول. فهي مشهورة في العوالم الثلاثة باسم شاكَمبهري (Śākambharī).
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dharmic perseverance and devotion: a righteous person (here, the king) is urged to undertake even a difficult journey to a sacred site, honoring the Goddess who is universally renowned—suggesting that sincere reverence and effort toward the divine are ethically elevating.
The speaker directs the king to go next to a highly inaccessible shrine of the Goddess, identifying her as Śākambharī, famed across the three worlds—functioning as a step in a sequence of sacred destinations (tīrtha/pilgrimage guidance).