Shloka 28

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

पर्वताग्रेडप्रमेयात्मा रश्मिमानुदये यथा । स तस्य पर्वतस्याग्रे निषण्णो5द्भुतविक्रम:

Transliteration

parvatāgre ’prameyātmā raśmimān udaye yathā | sa tasya parvatasyāgre niṣaṇṇo ’dbhuta-vikramaḥ ||

Translation

ପର୍ବତଶିଖରରେ ଅପ୍ରମେୟାତ୍ମା ଓ ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ ପରାକ୍ରମୀ ସ୍କନ୍ଦ ଉଦୟକାଳର ରଶ୍ମିମାନ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପରି ଶୋଭିତ ହେଉଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• पर्वताग्रे: on the mountain-peak
• पर्वताग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वताग्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अप्रमेयात्मा: whose nature is immeasurable
• अप्रमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रश्मिमान्: radiant, possessing rays
• रश्मिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रश्मिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदये: at sunrise
• उदये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पर्वतस्य: of the mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अग्रे: at the top/front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निषण्णः: seated
• निषण्णः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अद्भुतविक्रमः: of wondrous prowess
• अद्भुतविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुतविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Mountain (parvata)
• Sun (Sūrya/Āditya, implied by 'raśmimān udaye')
• Creatures/beings (prāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral-psychological movement: overwhelming divine power first produces fear and collapse, but the same power becomes protective when beings turn toward it in surrender. It gestures toward śaraṇāgati—seeking refuge in the higher power rather than opposing it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Skanda appears on a mountain peak, shining like the rising sun. He sits there, looks in all directions with his many faces, and makes a loud, childlike clamor/roar. Hearing it, many creatures fall in terror and then approach him for refuge.