Shloka 6
Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)
यक्षेन्द्राय कुबेराय मणिभद्राय चैव ह,तथान्येषां च यक्षाणां भूतानां पतयश्न ये । कृसरेण च मांसेन निवापैस्तिलसंयुतै: ७ ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
yakṣendrāya kuberāya maṇibhadrāya caiva ha |
tathānyeṣāṃ ca yakṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ patayaś ca ye |
kṛsareṇa ca māṃsena nivāpais tila-saṃyutaiḥ || 6 ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— তারপর তিনি যক্ষরাজ কুবের, মণিভদ্র, এবং অন্যান্য যক্ষ ও ভূতগণের অধিপতিদের উদ্দেশে খিচুড়ি, মাংস ও তিল-মিশ্রিত নিবাপ অর্পণ করে বিধিপূর্বক তাঁদের পূজা সম্পন্ন করলেন।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dharmic ritual propriety: honoring different classes of beings (Yakṣas, bhūtas, their lords) with appropriate offerings sustains order and harmony within a major rite, reflecting disciplined reverence rather than arbitrary worship.
During the ritual sequence, offerings are presented to Kubera (as Yakṣa-lord), to Maṇibhadra, and to other Yakṣas and bhūta-lords—using kṛsara, meat, and sesame-mixed oblations—thereby completing their prescribed worship as part of the larger ceremonial context.