Shloka 59

Devanagari script

पूषाणमभ्यद्रवत शड्कर: प्रहसन्निव । पुरोडाशं भक्षयतो दशनान्‌ वै व्यशातयत्‌,उस समय हँसते हुए-से भगवान्‌ शंकरने पूषापर आक्रमण किया। वे पुरोडाश खा रहे थे। उन्होंने उनके सारे दाँत तोड़ डाले

Transliteration

pūṣāṇam abhyadravat śaṅkaraḥ prahasann iva | puroḍāśaṃ bhakṣayato daśanān vai vyaśātayat ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: Lächelnd, als wäre es ihm ein Spiel, stürzte Śaṅkara auf Pūṣan zu. Während Pūṣan den Opferkuchen (puroḍāśa) aß, zerschmetterte Śaṅkara ihm alle Zähne. Die Begebenheit unterstreicht die Gefahr von Hochmut und von Ritualen ohne Ehrfurcht—wird die heilige Ordnung verletzt, trifft selbst die Götter rasche Vergeltung.

Word by Word

पूषाणम्Pūṣan (the Sun-god) (as object)

अभ्यद्रवत्ran towards / attacked

शङ्करःŚaṅkara (Śiva)

प्रहसन्laughing

इवas if / like

पुरोडाशम्the puroḍāśa (sacrificial cake)

भक्षयतःof (him) eating

दशनान्teeth

वैindeed

व्यशातयत्broke / shattered

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Pūṣan

puroḍāśa (sacrificial cake)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual power is not merely procedural; it requires humility and proper reverence. When sacred order is violated through pride or disrespect, consequences follow swiftly—even for exalted beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that Śiva (Śaṅkara), appearing almost amused, charges at the god Pūṣan and breaks his teeth while Pūṣan is eating the sacrificial offering (puroḍāśa), a punitive act within a larger conflict surrounding a disrupted sacrifice.