Shloka 34

Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara

Sanskrit

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तार्क्षो गर्भमवाप ह ।

सप्तपक्षाहिते गर्भे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सा ॥

Transliteration

kasyacit tv atha kālasya tārkṣo garbham avāpa ha | saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetraṃ jagāma sā ||

Translation

काही काळानंतर तार्क्षेने गर्भ धारण केला. सात पंधरवडे गर्भ धारण करून ती कुरुक्षेत्री गेली.

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Markandeya Purana’s ongoing account (specific interlocutors not identifiable from this single verse alone)

Key Themes

• Itihāsa-like narration
• Sacred geography (Kurukṣetra)
• Genealogy and life-cycle events (conception/pregnancy)
• Pilgrimage / kṣetra-māhātmya undertone