Shloka 114
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
दिव्याश्षाप्यान्तरिक्षाश्ष पार्थिवाश्ञानिलोपमा:
divyāś cāpy āntarikṣāś ca pārthivāś cānilo'pamāḥ
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ບາງພວກເປັນເທວະ, ບາງພວກເຄື່ອນໄຫວໃນອາກາດກາງ, ແລະບາງພວກເປັນຊາວພື້ນດິນ—ໄວແລະແຮງດັ່ງລົມ».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how, in moments of great upheaval (especially war), forces and beings are perceived across all realms—celestial, atmospheric, and earthly—suggesting that human conflict is mirrored by a wider cosmic turbulence and that events may carry portent beyond ordinary experience.
The narrator classifies the observed presences or movements into three domains—divine, aerial, and terrestrial—and characterizes their speed and intensity as wind-like, heightening the sense of extraordinary activity surrounding the events of the Shalya Parva.