Shloka 11
एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline
छत्राकृतिशीर्षा मेघौघनिनादा: सममुष्कचतुष्का राजीवच्छतपादा: । षष्ट्या दन्तैर्युक्ता: शुक्लैरष्टाभिद्रष्टाभियें जिद्दाभियें विश्ववक्षत्रं लेलिहान्ते सूर्यप्रर्यम्
chatrākṛtiśīrṣā meghaughaninādāḥ samamuṣkacatuṣkā rājīvachchatapādāḥ | ṣaṣṭyā dantairyuktāḥ śuklairaṣṭābhirdrāṣṭābhirjiddhābhirye viśvavakṣatraṃ lelihānte sūryaprarayam ||
Nārada said: In that island dwell men of white complexion, wholly free from every kind of sin. Merely looking toward them makes the eyes of sinful people grow dazzled. Their bodies and even their bones are firm like thunderbolt. They regard honor and dishonor as the same. Their limbs are divine, and they are endowed with auspicious strength born of yogic power. Their heads are shaped like parasols, and their voices are deep like the rumbling of dense masses of clouds. They have four arms, evenly matched. Their feet are adorned with hundreds of lotus-like markings. In their mouths are sixty white teeth and eight molars. Radiant like the sun, they are so vast that they can contain the whole world within their mouths, and with their tongues they even lick up Mahākāla himself.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage praises inner purity and yogic discipline: those free from pāpa possess divine strength and, ethically, remain equal-minded toward honor and dishonor (samatva), suggesting that true power is grounded in dharma and detachment rather than social validation.
Nārada is describing a wondrous island inhabited by extraordinary, sinless beings. Their superhuman features—four arms, thunderous voice, vajra-like bodies, sun-like radiance, and the hyperbolic image of licking even Mahākāla—serve to magnify their spiritual potency and otherworldly status.