Shloka 56
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
कुक्षिस्तु राजन् विख्यातो दानवानां महाबल: । पार्वतीय इति ख्यात: काउज्चनाचलसंनिभ:
kukṣis tu rājan vikhyāto dānavānāṁ mahābalaḥ | pārvatīya iti khyātaḥ kauñcanācalasaṁnibhaḥ ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ರಾಜನ್! ದಾನವರಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಕುಕ್ಷಿ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾದ ಮಹಾಬಲಿಷ್ಠನಾದ ರಾಜನಿದ್ದನು. ಅವನು ನಂತರ ‘ಪಾರ್ವತೀಯ’ ಎಂದು ಖ್ಯಾತನಾಗಿ, ಕಾಞ್ಚನಾಚಲದಂತೆ ಉನ್ನತವೂ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದನು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary strength and renown shape legacy: a powerful figure becomes remembered by an epithet (Pārvatīya) that captures his imposing, mountain-like stature—suggesting that deeds and qualities crystallize into enduring identity.
Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical/mythic account, describing a famed Danava ruler named Kukṣi who came to be known as Pārvatīya, compared in grandeur to a golden mountain.