Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इदमाश्चर्यमपरं देशेडस्मिन्‌ पुरुषर्षभ । क्षीणे युगे तु कौन्तेय शर्वस्य सह पार्षदै:

Transliteration

idam āścaryam aparaṁ deśe 'smin puruṣarṣabha | kṣīṇe yuge tu kaunteya śarvasya saha pārṣadaiḥ ||

Translation

“O bull among men, here in this very region there is yet another marvel. O son of Kuntī, when the age had waned, Śarva (Śiva) appeared together with his attendants.”

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• āścaryam: wonder, marvel
• āścaryam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• aparam: another, further
• aparam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• deśe: in the region/place
• deśe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• puruṣa-ṛṣabha: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa + ṛṣabha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• kṣīṇe: when (it is) diminished/ended
• kṣīṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣi (kṣīyate) → kṣīṇa
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• yuge: in the age (yuga)
• yuge: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• kaunteya: O son of Kuntī
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaunteya
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• śarvasya: of Śarva (Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• saha: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha

• pārṣadaiḥ: with (his) attendants/retinue
• pārṣadaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārṣada
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śarva (Śiva)
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Pārṣadas (Śiva’s attendants)
• this region/place (deśa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames sacred history as a source of moral and spiritual orientation: even as an age declines, the divine can manifest, reminding listeners that dharma and reverence for the sacred are upheld through recognition of holy places and divine presence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker points out a further wonder connected with the very place they are discussing, addressing a Pāṇḍava as ‘Kaunteya’ and ‘best of men,’ and introduces an episode in which Śiva (Śarva) appears there accompanied by his attendants.