Shloka 1113

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

अनिर्देश्योग्रवपुषो देवस्पासहुतेजस: । तब असुरोंका संहार करते हुए अवर्णनीय भयंकर रूपवाले असहा तेजस्वी महादेवजीके सामने वह तीनों पुरोंका समुदाय सहसा प्रकट हो गया

Transliteration

anirdeśyogravapuṣo devaspāsahutejasaḥ | tataḥ asurāṇāṃ saṃhāraṃ kurvataḥ avarṇanīya-bhayaṅkara-rūpavataḥ asahā-tejasvinaḥ mahādevasya sammukhe tat trīṇāṃ purāṇāṃ samūhaḥ sahasā prādurabhavat |

Translation

ଅବର୍ଣ୍ଣନୀୟ ଭୟଙ୍କର ରୂପଧାରୀ, ଦେବସ୍ପର୍ଶ ମଧ୍ୟ ସହିପାରିବା ନଥିବା ତେଜରେ ଦୀପ୍ତ ମହାଦେବ ଯେତେବେଳେ ଅସୁରମାନଙ୍କୁ ସଂହାର କରୁଥିଲେ, ସେତେବେଳେ ତାଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ତ୍ରିପୁରମାନଙ୍କର ସମୁଦାୟ ସହସା ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• अनिर्देश्य: indescribable
• अनिर्देश्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिर्देश्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उग्र-वपुषः: of (him) of fierce form
• उग्र-वपुषः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र-वपुस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• देव-शत्रु-सह-तेजसः: of (him) whose splendor can endure/overpower the enemies of the gods
• देव-शत्रु-सह-तेजसः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-शत्रु-सह-तेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (Bhīṣma)
• महादेव (Śiva)
• असुर (Asuras)
• त्रिपुर / तीन पुर (the three cities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When destructive forces (Asuras) threaten order, divine power manifests in an overwhelming form to restore balance; the episode frames destruction not as cruelty but as protection of dharma and the world’s stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes Mahādeva actively destroying the Asuras; at that moment the combined presence of the three cities (Tripura) suddenly appears before Śiva, setting the stage for their confrontation and downfall.