Shloka 40

Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

Sanskrit

ऋषिरुवाच एवṃ स्तवादियुक्तानां देवानां तत्र पार्वती ।

स्त्रातुमभ्याययौ तोये जाह्नव्याः नृपनन्दन ॥

Transliteration

ṛṣir uvāca evaṃ stavādiyuktānāṃ devānāṃ tatra pārvatī / strātum abhyāyayau toye jāhnavyā nṛpanandana

Translation

仙人は言った。「かくして、神々が讃歌と称賛に勤しんでいる間に、パールヴァティーはジャーフナヴィー（ガンガー）の水に沐浴するため、その場に来たのである。王たちの喜びよ。」

Speakers

• Ṛṣi (narrator) addressing a king (nṛpanandana) within the Purāṇic narration

Primary Deities

• Pārvatī
• Devī
• Devas

Key Themes

• Narrative framing
• Theophany
• Response to stuti
• Sacred geography (Gaṅgā/Jāhnavī)