Shloka 6
भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः
Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa
दशवर्षसहस््राणि तपस्तप्त्वा महातपा: । जनयत् पावकं घोरं पितृणां स प्रजा: सृजन्,फिर महातपस्वी पाञ्चजन्यने अपने पितरोंका वंश चलानेके लिये दस हजार वर्षोंतक घोर तपस्या करके भयंकर दक्षिणाग्निको उत्पन्न किया
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapastaptvā mahātapāḥ | janayat pāvakaṃ ghoraṃ pitṝṇāṃ sa prajāḥ sṛjan |
ມາຣະກັນເດຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຫຼັງຈາກບຳເນັດຕະປະສະຍາອັນຮຸນແຮງຕະຫຼອດສິບພັນປີ ນັກບຳເນັດຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນໄດ້ຈຸດໄຟສັກສິດອັນນ່າຢ້ານ. ແລະເພື່ອສືບຕໍ່ສາຍຂອງບັນພະບຸລຸດ ລາວຈຶ່ງເລີ່ມສ້າງລູກຫຼານ.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights pitṛ-dharma: sustaining one’s ancestral line and obligations through disciplined tapas and properly established ritual fire, showing that personal austerity is directed toward responsibility, not mere self-display.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates how a great ascetic undertakes a long period of severe austerity, then kindles a powerful sacrificial fire and proceeds to generate progeny for the sake of continuing his forefathers’ lineage.