Shloka 1
द्वैतवन-सरः प्रवेशविघ्नः
Dvaītavana Lake: Obstructed Entry
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Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: Skandapāriṣadān ghorān śṛṇuṣvādbhuta-darśanān | vajra-prahārāt Skandasya jajñus tatra kumārakāḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya disse: “Ó rei, ouve agora o relato dos terríveis acompanhantes de Skanda—seres de aparência assombrosa. Quando o vajra (raio) golpeou, nasceram ali, do próprio corpo de Skanda, muitos espíritos juvenis (Kumāra-grāhas).”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames divine power as both wondrous and fearsome: Skanda’s attendants are ‘ghora’ yet ‘adbhuta,’ suggesting that sacred forces can inspire awe and caution, and that extraordinary beings may arise from divine events beyond ordinary causality.
Mārkaṇḍeya begins a new description for the king, introducing Skanda’s terrifying attendants. He states that after a thunderbolt’s strike, many youthful beings (identified in tradition as Kumāra-grāhas) manifested there from Skanda’s body.