Shloka 12
Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्
ते भानुमन्ति चित्राणि शिखराणि महागिरे: । समास्थायार्जुनं तत्र ददृशुस्तपसान्वितम्
te bhānumanti citrāṇi śikharāṇi mahāgireḥ | samāsthāyārjunaṃ tatra dadṛśus tapasānvitam ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana berkata: Setelah sampai ke puncak-puncak gunung besar yang bercahaya dan menakjubkan, mereka melihat Arjuna di sana—teguh, diperkaya oleh tapas (pertapaan dan pengendalian diri)—tenggelam dalam laku disiplin rohaninya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tapas—disciplined self-restraint and focused effort—as a means of strengthening character and readiness for dharmic responsibility. Ethical power is shown as something cultivated inwardly before it is expressed outwardly.
The narrating voice (Vaiśaṃpāyana) describes how the arriving party reaches the shining, remarkable peaks of a great mountain and finds Arjuna there, engaged in austerity and spiritual discipline.