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 ||
ມາຣະກັນເດຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຕໍ່ມາ ພະລັງງານແຫ່ງຕະປະສ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ກໍ່ກໍາເນີດຫ້າອົງນີ້—ສຸຣະປຣະວີຣະ, ວີຣະ, ສຸຣະເອສະ, ສຸວັຣຈະສ, ແລະກະທັ້ງ ສຸຣະຫັນຕາ—ຜູ້ຂ້າເທວະ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂດຍກໍາລັງຕະປະສ ອໍານາດອັນນ່າກົວຈຶ່ງປາກົດຂຶ້ນ ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ການບໍາເພັນຕະປະທີ່ຮວບຮວມແນ່ນຫນາ ອາດສ້າງພະລັງງານທີ່ຈະຄ້ຳຈຸນ ຫຼືຄຸກຄາມລະບຽບໂລກ ຕາມວິທີນໍາໃຊ້»។
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.