Shloka 3

Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas

Sanskrit

ततः पुत्रं हतं श्रुत्वा त्वष्टा क्रुद्धः प्रजापतिः ।

अवलुञ्च्य जटामेकामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ putraṃ hataṃ śrutvā tvaṣṭā kruddhaḥ prajāpatiḥ / avaluñcya jaṭām ekām idaṃ vacanam abravīt //

Translation

Тогда, услышав, что его сын убит, Тваштри — Праджапати — воспылал гневом. Вырвав один локон из своих спутанных волос, он произнёс такие слова.

Speakers

• Narrator voice (Purāṇic narration; not within the Devi Māhātmya frame)

Primary Deities

• Tvaṣṭṛ

Key Themes

• Krodha (wrath) and its consequences
• Ritual/ascetic power (jaṭā as tapas-signifier)
• Causality in mythic history (a death leading to a vowed response)
• Genealogical and deva-related narrative