Shloka 60
Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)
शूलपाणेर्भगवतो रुद्रस्य च महात्मन: । गिरौ हिमवति श्रेष्ठे तदा भूगुकुलोद्वह
śūlapāṇer bhagavato rudrasya ca mahātmanaḥ | girau himavati śreṣṭhe tadā bhṛgukulodvaha ||
Dijo Bhishma: “Oh el más excelso vástago del linaje de los Bhṛgu: esto concierne a aquel tiempo en que, en la excelsa montaña Himālaya, el magnánimo Señor Rudra—Śūlapāṇi, el Divino que empuña el tridente—se hallaba allí, en el marco de su sagrada unión con la Diosa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds reverence for the Divine (Rudra/Śiva) through honorific epithets and places the discussion within a sacred setting; ethically, it models respectful address, remembrance of holy contexts, and the importance of lineage-honor (addressing Paraśurāma as the foremost of the Bhṛgus).
Bhīṣma begins recounting an event connected with Rudra/Śiva on the Himālaya, addressing Paraśurāma as ‘bhṛgukulodvaha’ and setting the time and place for the ensuing account.