Shloka 71
Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha
Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site
महाराज! अमित तेजस्वी स्कन्दके द्वारा शक्तिका बारंबार प्रयोग होनेसे पृथ्वीपर प्रज्वलित उल्का गिरने लगी ।। संह्ादयन्तश्न तथा निर्घाताश्चापतन् क्षितौ । यथान्तकालसमये सुघोरा: स्युस्तथा नूप
mahārāja! amita-tejasvī skandhake dvārā śakteḥ bāraṃbāra prayogena pṛthivyāṃ prajvalitā ulkā nipetūḥ। saṃhrādayantaś ca tathā nirghātāś cāpatann kṣitau। yathāntakāla-samaye sughorāḥ syus tathā nṛpa॥
Wahai Raja, karena Skanda yang amat cemerlang itu berulang-ulang melemparkan Śakti, meteor-meteor menyala mulai berjatuhan ke bumi. Raungan menggelegar dan dentuman-dentuman keras menghantam tanah, seakan tanda-tanda mengerikan saat akhir zaman telah tiba.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how repeated, intensified violence produces not only physical destruction but also a sense of cosmic imbalance—war’s moral and karmic burden is portrayed through terrifying natural portents, as if the world itself protests.
Vaiśampāyana describes that Skandhaka keeps using a spear again and again, and as a result blazing meteors and thunderous crashes fall upon the earth, resembling dreadful end-of-time omens during the battle setting of the Śalya Parva.