Shloka 125
अड्गुल्यग्रेण राजेन्द्र स्वावड्गुष्ठस्ताडितो 5नघ । ततो भस्म क्षताद् राजन् निर्गतं हिमसंनिभम्,“विप्रवर! मुझे तो यह देखकर कोई आश्चर्य नहीं हो रहा है। मेरी ओर देखिये।' नरश्रेष्ठ! निष्पाप राजेन्द्र! ऐसा कहकर परम बुद्धिमान् महादेवजीने अंगुलीके अग्रभागसे अपने अँगूठेको ठोंका। राजन्! उनके चोट करनेपर उस अँगूठेसे बर्फके समान सफेद भस्म गिरने लगा
aṅgulyagreṇa rājendra svāvaṅguṣṭhas tāḍito 'nagha | tato bhasma kṣatād rājan nirgataṃ himasaṃnibham ||
“O king, O sinless one,” he said, and, supremely intelligent, he struck his own thumb with the tip of his finger. Then, O king, from the place that was struck, ash—white like snow—began to fall.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that divine potency operates effortlessly and can manifest tangible signs to remove skepticism; the ethical emphasis is on cultivating reverent trust rather than reducing the sacred to mere spectacle.
A divine figure (contextually Mahādeva/Śiva) taps his own thumb with a fingertip, and from the struck spot snow-white ash emerges, astonishing the king who is being addressed.