Shloka 32
प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara
“जब सूर्य केवल मध्याह्नकालमें ही स्थित रहेंगे, अस्ताचलको नहीं जायँगे, उस समय पुनः देवासुरसंग्राम होगा और उसमें मैं तुम सब देवताओंको परास्त करूँगा ।।
yadā sūryaḥ kevalaṁ madhyāhnakāle sthito bhaviṣyati, nāstācalaṁ gamiṣyati, tadā punaḥ devāsura-saṅgrāmo bhaviṣyati, tasmin yuddhe ’haṁ yuṣmān sarvān devān parājiṣyāmi. sarvalokān yadā āditya ekasthaḥ tāpayiṣyati, tadā devāsure yuddhe jetāhaṁ tvāṁ śatakrato.
Śakra (Indra) declares an ominous future sign: when the Sun stands fixed at midday and no longer moves toward the western mountain of setting, a new war between gods and Asuras will arise. In that conflict, he vows, he will overcome the gods. When the single-stationed Sun scorches all the worlds, then—says Śatakratu—he will be the victor in the battle of devas and asuras.
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a cosmic sign—an unmoving, scorching Sun—to signal a collapse of balance. It warns that when order is disturbed, conflict intensifies and even divine relationships can be overturned by ambition and rivalry; vigilance for dharma and restraint is implied.
Śakra (Indra) speaks a conditional prophecy: if the Sun becomes fixed at midday and heats all worlds, a renewed deva–asura war will occur, and he asserts that he will be victorious over the gods in that battle.