Shloka 10

Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)

Devanagari script

कृत्वा पूजां तु रुद्रस्य गणानां चैव सर्वश:

Transliteration

kṛtvā pūjāṃ tu rudrasya gaṇānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having duly performed worship of Rudra, he also paid reverence to all of Rudra’s attendant hosts in every way—honouring the divine retinue as part of right devotion and proper ritual conduct.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• पूजाम्: worship, reverence
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• गणानाम्: of the hosts (attendants)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वशः: in every way; wholly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस्
• Form: सर्व + शस् (अव्ययप्रत्यय)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Gaṇas (attendant hosts of Rudra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True worship is not limited to the principal deity alone; it includes respectful acknowledgement of the deity’s attendants and sacred retinue, reflecting completeness in devotion and propriety in ritual (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that worship was performed for Rudra, and additionally honour was offered to all of Rudra’s gaṇas—indicating a thorough, ritually complete act of reverence.