Shloka 83

Kurukṣetra–Samantapañcaka Māhātmya: King Kuru’s Ploughing and Indra’s Boon (प्रजापतेरुत्तरवेदिः समन्तपञ्चकं)

Devanagari script

पितृदेवार्चनरता बभूव विजने वने | तब वह उग्र तपस्याके द्वारा अपने शरीरको पीड़ा देकर निर्जन वनमें पितरों तथा देवताओंके पूजनमें तत्पर हो गयी

Transliteration

pitṛdevārcanarātā babhūva vijane vane |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In a lonely, secluded forest, she became devoted to the worship of the Pitṛs (ancestral spirits) and the gods, undertaking fierce austerities and willingly enduring bodily hardship as an act of reverent devotion and expiation.

Word by Word

• पितृदेवार्चनरता: devoted to worship of the Pitṛs and the gods
• पितृदेवार्चनरता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृदेव-अर्चन-रत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• विजने: in a lonely (place)
• विजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devas (gods)
• vijana vana (solitary forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic devotion expressed through disciplined worship and austerity: honoring ancestors and gods, and accepting personal hardship as a means of purification, gratitude, and moral realignment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that a woman withdraws to a secluded forest and dedicates herself to worship of the Pitṛs and the gods, practicing severe tapas that causes bodily suffering, indicating a turn toward ascetic devotion and expiatory practice.