Shloka 13
भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः
Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa
सुरप्रवीरं वीरं॑ च सुरेशं च सुवर्चसम् । सुराणामपि हन्तारं पञ्चैतानसृजत् तपः,तदनन्तर पाञ्चजन्यने सुरप्रवीर, वीर, सुरेश, सुवर्चा तथा सुरहन्ता--इन पाँचोंको प्रकट किया
surapravīraṃ vīraṃ ca sureśaṃ ca suvarcasam | surāṇām api hantāraṃ pañcaitān asṛjat tapaḥ ||
マールカンデーヤは語った。「さらに苦行の力は、この五者—スラプラヴィーラ、ヴィーラ、スレーシャ、スヴァルチャス、そして神をも屠るスラハンター—を生み出した。かくしてタパスの威力により恐るべき力が顕れ、凝縮された苦行は、その用い方次第で宇宙の秩序を支えることも、危うくすることもある力を生むのだと示された。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tapas as a potent creative force: spiritual austerity can manifest extraordinary power. Implicitly, such power is ethically ambivalent—its value depends on whether it is aligned with dharma or becomes destructive (as suggested by the figure called ‘slayer of the gods’).
Mārkaṇḍeya describes the emergence/creation of five formidable figures—Surapravīra, Vīra, Sureśa, Suvarcas, and Surahantā—brought forth by the force of asceticism (tapas), indicating a consequential turning point where new powerful agents enter the story.