Shloka 25
Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)
अपतत् सहसा भूमौ विसंज्ञो5थ क्षुधार्दित: । स्कन्देन सो<भ्यनुज्ञातो रौद्ररूपो5भवद् ग्रह:,वह पैदा होते ही भूखसे पीडित हो सहसा अचेत होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा। फिर स्कन्दकी आज्ञासे वह भयंकर रूपधारी ग्रह हो गया
apatat sahasā bhūmau visaṁjño 'tha kṣudhārditaḥ | skandena so 'bhyanujñāto raudrarūpo 'bhavad grahaḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Struck by hunger, he suddenly fell to the ground unconscious. Then, with Skanda’s sanction, he became a fearsome, wrathful graha—an afflicting spirit-force—set loose to seize and torment.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power to harm is portrayed as operating under higher sanction: even a terrifying afflicting force (graha) becomes active only when authorized by a divine authority (Skanda), implying that destructive energies are not random but governed within a moral-cosmic order.
A being, overwhelmed by hunger, collapses unconscious; afterward, by Skanda’s permission, it transforms into a fierce graha—an entity characterized by ‘seizing’ or afflicting—indicating its new role as a dreadful, active agent of torment.