Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वैदूर्यशिखरो नाम पुण्यो गिरिवर: शिव: । नित्यपुष्पफलास्तत्र पादपा हरितच्छदा:

Transliteration

vaidūryaśikharo nāma puṇyo girivaraḥ śivaḥ | nityapuṣpaphalās tatra pādapā haritacchadāḥ ||

Translation

Dhaumya said: “There is a holy and auspicious best of mountains, named Vaidūryaśikhara. There the trees are ever green with fresh foliage, and they continually bear flowers and fruits.”

Word by Word

वैदूर्यशिखरःthe (mountain) with a vaidūrya-like peak / Vaidūrya-peak

नामby name / called

पुण्यःholy, sacred

गिरिवरःbest of mountains

शिवःauspicious

नित्यपुष्पफलाःhaving flowers and fruits always

तत्रthere

पादपाःtrees

हरितच्छदाःhaving green foliage

Speaker

धौम्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धौम्य (Dhaumya)

व

वैदूर्यशिखर (Vaidūryaśikhara mountain/peak)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a landscape as inherently puṇya (merit-giving) and śiva (auspicious), suggesting that proximity to sacred places and life-sustaining abundance in nature supports dharmic living—nourishment, restraint, and reverence rather than exploitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya describes a holy mountain named Vaidūryaśikhara, emphasizing its ever-green trees that constantly bear flowers and fruits—setting the scene for a sacred or exemplary locale within the Vana Parva narrative.