Shloka 34
सांख्ययोगभेदः तथा योगबलोपदेशः
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Distinction and Instruction on Yogic Strength
अवारयत त॑ देवी क्रुद्धं पशुपतिं पतिम् । पुत्रत्वमगमद् देव्या वारिते शंकरे च सः,उस समय देवी पार्वतीने कुपित हुए अपने पतिदेव भगवान् पशुपतिको रोका। देवीके द्वारा भगवान् शंकरके रोक दिये जानेपर शुक्राचार्य उनके पुत्रभावको प्राप्त हुए
avārayat tāṁ devī kruddhaṁ paśupatiṁ patim | putratvam agamad devyā vārite śaṅkare ca saḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: At that time the goddess Pārvatī restrained her own husband, Paśupati (Śiva), who had become enraged. And when Śaṅkara was thus checked by the goddess, Śukrācārya came to stand in the relation of a son.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical primacy of restraint: even immense power (symbolized by Śiva’s wrath) is to be governed by self-control and right ordering (dharma). The goddess’s intervention models the checking of anger so that outcomes align with cosmic and moral balance.
Bhīṣma narrates that Pārvatī stopped her enraged husband Śiva (Paśupati/Śaṅkara). As a consequence of Śiva being restrained, Śukrācārya is said to attain ‘sonship’—i.e., he comes to be regarded or positioned in a filial relation within the unfolding mythic account.