Shloka 12

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

षट्पदैरुपगीतैश्व माधवाप्रतिमो गिरि: । तन्महोत्सवसंकाशं भीमरूपधरं तत:

Transliteration

ṣaṭpadair upagītaiś ca mādhavāpratimo giriḥ | tan-mahotsava-saṅkāśaṃ bhīma-rūpa-dharaṃ tataḥ ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు ఆ పర్వతము మాధవుని (విష్ణువు) వలె ప్రకాశించి, తేనెటీగల గుంగురుగీతములతో స్తుతింపబడెను. అనంతరం భయంకరరూపము ధరించిన ఒక ఘోరసత్త్వము ప్రత్యక్షమై, మహోత్సవమువలె ద్యోతించెను.

Word by Word

• षट्पदैः: by bees
• षट्पदैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्पद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उपगीतैः: by songs/chantings (hummed)
• उपगीतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपगीत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माधव-अप्रतिमः: incomparable in spring (Mādhava)
• माधव-अप्रतिमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माधव-अप्रतिम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरिः: the mountain
• गिरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महोत्सव-संकाशम्: resembling a great festival
• महोत्सव-संकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महोत्सव-संकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीम-रूप-धरम्: assuming a terrible form
• भीम-रूप-धरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमरूपधर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• giri (mountain)
• ṣaṭpada (bees)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses auspicious natural imagery (bees’ humming, festival-like radiance) alongside a sudden fearful manifestation to suggest that dharmic narratives often juxtapose beauty and terror, reminding the listener to maintain steadiness and discernment amid changing appearances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a mountain scene filled with the humming ‘songs’ of bees, portraying the mountain as splendid like Mādhava; then he notes the subsequent appearance of a terrifying, formidable form, shining with a brilliance likened to a grand festival.