Shloka 6
Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa
Assembly Hymn of Many Names
अदित्या: सप्तधा त्वं तु पुराणो गर्भतां गत: । पृश्चिगर्भस्त्वमेवैकस्त्रियुगं त्वां वदन्त्यपि,“आप पुराणपुरुष परमात्माने ही सात प्रकारसे अदितिके गर्भमें अवतार लिया है। आप ही पृश्चिगर्भके नामसे प्रसिद्ध हैं। विद्वानूलोग तीनों युगोंमें प्रकट होनेके कारण आपको “तत्रियुग” कहते हैं
adityāḥ saptadhā tvaṃ tu purāṇo garbhatāṃ gataḥ | pṛścigarbhas tvam evaikas triyugaṃ tvāṃ vadanty api ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “You, the primeval Lord, entered Aditi’s womb in seven distinct forms. You alone are renowned as Pṛścigarbha; and because you manifest across the three ages, the learned also call you ‘Triyuga.’”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the Lord’s transcendence and compassionate accessibility: the primordial reality can assume multiple forms and names for the welfare and understanding of beings across different ages. Recognizing these epithets is a way of acknowledging divine continuity through time.
Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing the addressed deity as having taken birth/manifestation through Aditi in sevenfold fashion, identifying him with the epithet Pṛścigarbha, and noting that learned people call him Triyuga because of his appearance across the three yugas.