Shloka 28

Devanagari script

भवस्यानुचराश्चैव हरतुल्यपराक्रमा: । विष्णुदेवो5थ जिष्णुश्न स्कन्दश्चाम्बिकया सह

Transliteration

bhavasyānucarāś caiva haratulyaparākramāḥ | viṣṇudevo 'tha jiṣṇuś ca skandaś cāmbikayā saha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «Il y a aussi les suivants de Bhava (Śiva), dont la vaillance est comparable à celle de Hara. Et il y a Viṣṇu-deva, et Jiṣṇu, et Skanda avec Ambikā.»

Word by Word

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुचराः: attendants, followers
• अनुचराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हरतुल्यपराक्रमाः: having valor equal to Hara (Śiva)
• हरतुल्यपराक्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर-तुल्य-पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विष्णुदेवः: Viṣṇu-deva (the god Viṣṇu)
• विष्णुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then, and now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• जिष्णुः: Jishnu (a name of Indra/Arjuna; here a deity-name)
• जिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्कन्दः: Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• स्कन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अम्बिकया: with Ambikā (Pārvatī)
• अम्बिकया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• Jiṣṇu (commonly Indra)
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Ambikā (the Goddess, Pārvatī/Durgā)
• Śiva’s attendants (gaṇas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes reverence for the divine order by naming major deities and Śiva’s powerful retinue. Ethically, it reminds the listener that true authority and protection rest with the gods, and that human pride in strength should yield to humility and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is listing divine beings—Śiva (as Bhava/Hara) and his attendants, along with Viṣṇu, Jiṣṇu, and Skanda with Ambikā—within a broader discourse that catalogues sacred figures and their might, reinforcing the religious and moral framework of his instruction.