Shloka 26
तत:ः शिखण्डी तत् सर्वमखिलेन न्यवेदयत् | तस्मै यक्षप्रधानाय स्थूणाकर्णाय भारत,भरतनन्दन! तब शिखण्डिनीने उस यक्षप्रवर स्थूणाकर्णसे अपना सारा वृत्तान्त विस्तारपूर्वक बताया
tataḥ śikhaṇḍī tat sarvam akhilena nyavedayat | tasmai yakṣapradhānāya sthūṇākarṇāya bhārata bharatanandana ||
അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ ഭാരതകുലാനന്ദനേ, ശിഖണ്ഡി യക്ഷപ്രധാനനായ സ്ഥൂണാകർണ്ണനോട് ആ സംഭവമൊക്കെയും വിശദമായി അറിയിച്ചു.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic value of complete and truthful disclosure when seeking aid or judgment. By narrating the matter fully to a powerful being, the speaker models restraint and reliance on proper counsel rather than impulsive retaliation.
Bhīṣma narrates that Śikhaṇḍī (Śikhaṇḍinī in the backstory) approached the Yakṣa leader Sthūṇākarṇa and recounted the entire situation in detail, setting up the subsequent intervention connected with Śikhaṇḍī’s transformation and role in later events.