Shloka 10
भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः
Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa
प्राणस्य चानुदात्तस्तु व्याख्याता: पञचविंशति: । देवान् यज्ञमुषश्नान्यानू सूृजत् पञ्चदशोत्तरान्
prāṇasya cānudāttas tu vyākhyātāḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ | devān yajñamuṣaśnān yānū sṛjat pañcadaśottarān |
Markandeya berkata: Dari Prāṇa lahirlah pula Anudātta, dan nama dua puluh lima keturunannya telah dijelaskan. Sesudah itu, sosok bernama Tapas, Pañcajanya, menciptakan lima belas makhluk ilahi lain—para Vināyaka—yang dikenal sebagai penghalang dan perusak upacara yajña para dewa. Di antara mereka, yang pertama terlahir lima: Subhīma, Atibhīma, Bhīma, Bhīmabala, dan Abala—para pembawa gangguan yang meruntuhkan yajña para dewa.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred action (yajña) is not merely performance but requires steadiness and purity; forces of obstruction (vināyakas) arise within the cosmic order itself, implying that dharma is upheld through vigilance, discipline, and the capacity to overcome impediments.
Mārkaṇḍeya continues a genealogical-cosmic account: from Prāṇa comes Anudātta with twenty-five offspring, and then Tapas produces fifteen additional divine beings called Vināyakas, introduced as disruptors of the gods’ sacrifices; five of these are named explicitly.