Shloka 35
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
क्षणेन तेन निर्दग्धो हिमवानभवन्नग: । सधातुशिखराभोगो दीप्तदग्धलतौषधि:
kṣaṇena tena nirdagdho himavān abhavannagaḥ | sadhātuśikharābhogo dīptadagdhalatauṣadhiḥ ||
নারদ বললেন—সেই মুহূর্তেই হিমবান পর্বত দগ্ধ হয়ে গেল। ধাতুসমৃদ্ধ তার শিখর ও বিস্তৃত পর্বতকাঁধ ঝলসে উঠল, আর তার লতা ও ঔষধি জ্বলে পুড়ে ছাই হয়ে গেল।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how immense power (tejas) can bring instantaneous, far-reaching harm; it implicitly calls for restraint and responsibility, since even revered, life-giving realms like Himavān—home to herbs and resources—can be ruined in a moment.
Nārada describes a sudden conflagration: Himavān is burned at once, with its mineral-rich peaks and wide slopes scorched, and its creepers and medicinal plants left aflame—depicting a catastrophic, swift devastation caused by a previously mentioned agency.