Shloka 2
Dharmāṅgada’s Conquest of the Directions
संप्राप्ते नवमे वर्षे पुत्रो धर्मांगदो बली । जित्वा विद्याधरान्पंच मलये पर्वतोत्तमे ॥ २ ॥
saṃprāpte navame varṣe putro dharmāṃgado balī | jitvā vidyādharānpaṃca malaye parvatottame || 2 ||
नववे वर्ष येताच बलवान पुत्र धर्मांगदाने पाच विद्याधरांना जिंकून पर्वतश्रेष्ठ मलय पर्वतावर गाठले।
Suta (narrating the Purana account in the Uttara-Bhaga tirtha-mahatmya stream)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames a tirtha-mahātmya style episode: a qualified hero (Dharmāṅgada) reaches a sacred mountainous region (Malaya), setting the stage for merit-bearing events connected to place, dharma, and pilgrimage.
This specific verse is primarily narrative rather than explicitly devotional; it prepares the context in which later acts—such as worship, vows (vrata), or tirtha-sevā—can be presented as bhakti-supporting practices.
No direct Vedāṅga instruction appears in this verse; it uses purāṇic narrative markers (time-counting by year and a named sacred geography) that often accompany tirtha-mahātmya descriptions rather than technical disciplines like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.