Shloka 9
यक्षाणामीश्वर: श्रीमान् कैलासनिलय: प्रभु: । (शड्खपद्मनिधि भ्यां च ऋछ्धा परमया सह ।) उपासन्त महात्मानमुशना च महामुनि:,इसी प्रकार वहाँ बहुत-से महामनस्वी देवता, अमित तेजस्वी वसुगण, चिकित्सकोंमें श्रेष्ठ महामना अश्विनीकुमार, शंखनिधि, पद्मनिधि तथा उत्तम ऋद्धिके साथ गुह्ुकोंसे घिरे हुए कैलासवासी यक्षपति प्रभुतासम्पन्न श्रीमान् राजा कुबेर तथा महामुनि शुक्राचार्य--ये सभी परमात्मा महादेवजीकी उपासना किया करते थे
bhīṣma uvāca |
yakṣāṇām īśvaraḥ śrīmān kailāsa-nilayaḥ prabhuḥ |
(śaṅkha-padma-nidhibhyāṃ ca ṛddhyā paramayā saha |)
upāsanta mahātmānam uśanā ca mahāmuniḥ |
ビーシュマは語った。「ヤクシャの主にして栄光あるクベーラ——カイラーサ山に住まう強者——は、『シャンカ』と『パドマ』と名づけられた宝蔵と至上の繁栄を携え、その大心の主を礼拝した。同じく大聖ウシャナー（シュクラーチャーリヤ）もまた彼を礼拝した。この段は、高き天界の者や富の所有者でさえ帰依の規律の下にあることを示し、真の偉大さは力や財ではなく、至高の神理への敬虔とダルマへの合致によって量られるのだと示唆している。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the highest holders of wealth and authority—Kubera with his treasures and prosperity, and the renowned sage Ushanas—are portrayed as worshippers of Mahadeva. The ethical point is that power and riches attain their proper place only when subordinated to reverence, self-discipline, and dharmic orientation toward the supreme.
Bhishma lists eminent beings associated with wealth and celestial status—Kubera of Kailasa, the personified treasures Shankha and Padma, prosperity (Riddhi), and the sage Ushanas—stating that they worship the great Lord (contextually Mahadeva/Shiva), thereby emphasizing Shiva’s supremacy and the universality of devotion.