Shloka 28

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

दक्षस्य दुहिता देवी सुरभी नाम नामतः । अतप्यत तपो घोरें हृष्टा धर्मपरायणा

Transliteration

dakṣasya duhitā devī surabhī nāma nāmataḥ | atapyata tapo ghore hṛṣṭā dharmaparāyaṇā ||

Translation

दक्षस्य दुहिता देवी सुरभी नाम नामतः। अतप्यत तपो घोरे हृष्टा धर्मपरायणा॥

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दक्षस्यof Daksha

दुहिताdaughter

देवीgoddess

सुरभीSurabhi

नामname

नामतःby name; in name

अतप्यतperformed austerity; did penance

तपःausterity; penance

घोरेin severe (austerity)

हृष्टाdelighted; joyful

धर्मपरायणाdevoted to dharma

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भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Dakṣa

Surabhī

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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