Shloka 24
एवमुक्तस्तु स्रीड तूष्णी किंचिदवाड्मुख:,राजन! युधिष्ठिरके ऐसा कहनेपर जयद्रथ बहुत लज्जित हुआ और नीचा मुँह किये वहाँसे चुपचाप चला गया। जनमेजय! वह पराजित होनेके महान् दुःखसे पीड़ित था; अतः वहाँसे घर न जाकर गंगाद्वार (हरिद्वार)-को चल दिया। वहाँ पहुँचकर उसने तीन नेत्रोंवाले भगवान् उमापतिकी शरण ले बड़ी भारी तपस्या की। इससे भगवान् शंकर प्रसन्न हो गये। त्रिनेत्रधारी महादेवने प्रसन्नतापूर्वक स्वयं दर्शन देकर उसकी पूजा ग्रहण की
evam uktaḥ tu śrīḍaḥ tūṣṇīṃ kiñcid avāṅmukhaḥ | rājan yudhiṣṭhireṇaivaṃ ukte jayadrathaḥ mahān lajjitaḥ san avāṅmukhaḥ tūṣṇīṃ tatraiva tyaktvā jagāma | janamejaya sa parājayasya mahāduḥkhena pīḍitaḥ san gṛhaṃ na jagāma, api tu gaṅgādvāraṃ (haridvāram) yayau | tatra gatvā sa trinetraṃ bhagavantaṃ umāpatiṃ śaraṇaṃ jagāma, mahātapasā ca taṃ toṣayāmāsa | tataḥ śaṅkaraḥ prasannaḥ abhavat | trinetraḥ mahādevaḥ prasannatayā svayaṃ darśanaṃ dattvā tasya pūjāṃ jagrāha |
When Yudhiṣṭhira spoke to him in this manner, Jayadratha—ashamed—fell silent, lowered his face, and quietly departed from that place. O King Janamejaya, tormented by the great sorrow of his defeat, he did not return home; instead he went to Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar). Reaching there, he sought refuge in the three-eyed Lord, Umāpati, and undertook severe austerities. Pleased by this, Śaṅkara became gracious. The three-eyed Mahādeva appeared to him in person and accepted his worship.
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Defeat and public reproach can become a turning point: shame and suffering, when met with humility and disciplined effort, may be redirected into spiritual striving. The passage also highlights the ethic that divine favor is approached through refuge (śaraṇa) and sustained tapas, not through pride.
After being addressed by Yudhiṣṭhira, Jayadratha leaves in silence, humiliated. Overwhelmed by the pain of defeat, he goes to Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar) rather than home, performs severe austerities, and Śiva—pleased—appears and accepts his worship.