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Shloka 216

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

अप्रधृष्यतरं चैव महोरगसमाकुलम्‌ । भगवान्‌ भूतनाथका वह भयानक स्थान बड़ी शोभा पा रहा था। वह अत्यन्त दुर्धर्ष और बड़े-बड़े सर्पोंसे भरा हुआ था

apradhṛṣyataraṃ caiva mahoragasamākulam | bhagavān bhūtanāthakaḥ sa vah bhayānaka-sthānaḥ baḍī śobhā pā rahā thā | sa atyanta durdharṣa aur baṛe-baṛe sarpoṃ se bharā huā thā |

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഭൂതനാഥന്റെ ആ ഭയാനകസ്ഥലം അത്യന്തം ദുര്ധർഷവും മഹാസർപ്പങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞതുമായിരുന്നു; അതിന്റെ തന്നെ ഭീഷണ മഹിമയിൽ അത് ദീപ്തിയായി ശോഭിച്ചു।

अप्रधृष्यतरम्more invincible, harder to assail
अप्रधृष्यतरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रधृष्यतर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
महोरगसमाकुलम्filled with great serpents
महोरगसमाकुलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहोरग-समाकुल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
B
Bhūtanātha (epithet)
M
mahoraga (great serpents)
B
bhayānaka-sthāna (a terrifying place)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores reverence and caution before formidable, fearsome realms: ethical conduct includes recognizing limits, approaching dangerous or sacred spaces with restraint, and not acting rashly where consequences are severe.

Nārada describes a dreadful, unassailable location—radiant yet terrifying—swarming with great serpents, setting the scene and heightening the sense of peril surrounding the place being spoken of.