Mahabharata 1.210.28 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 210, Shloka 28
प्रभासे कृष्णार्जुनसमागमः तथा द्वारकाप्रवेशः | Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Meeting at Prabhāsa and Entry into Dvārakā
एवं चतुर्मुख: स्थाणुर्महादेवो5भवत् पुरा । तथा सहसनेत्रश्न बभूव बलसूदन:,इस प्रकार पूर्वकालमें अविनाशी भगवान् महादेवजीके चार मुख प्रकट हुए और बलहन्ता इन्द्रके हजार नेत्र हुए
evaṁ caturmukhaḥ sthāṇur mahādevo ’bhavat purā | tathā sahasranetraś ca babhūva balasūdanaḥ ||
இவ்வாறு பழங்காலத்தில் நிலைத்தும் அழியாதும் உள்ள மகாதேவன் ஸ்தாணு நான்முகனாக வெளிப்பட்டான்; அதுபோல பலசூதனன் இந்திரன் ஆயிரக்கண் உடையவனானான்.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine attributes (like Śiva’s four faces or Indra’s thousand eyes) signify functional roles within cosmic order; power is portrayed as purposeful manifestation tied to duty and governance, not merely as spectacle.
Nārada recounts an ancient account explaining how Mahādeva came to be four-faced and how Indra came to be thousand-eyed, using well-known epithets (Sthāṇu, Balasūdana) to anchor the mythic origin of their distinctive features.
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