Shloka 34
कुरुवंशप्रश्नः—दुःषन्तस्य राजधर्मवर्णनम्
Kuru Lineage Inquiry and the Portrait of King Duḥṣanta’s Rule
भगवांक्षापि देवेशो यत्र देवी च कीर्त्यते | अनेकजननो यत्र कार्तिकेयस्य सम्भव:,देवेश्वर भगवान् शिव और देवी पार्वतीका भी इसमें वर्णन है तथा अनेक माताओंसे उत्पन्न होनेवाले कार्तिकेय-जीके जन्मका प्रसंग भी इसमें कहा गया है
bhagavāṁś cāpi deveśo yatra devī ca kīrtyate | anekajananō yatra kārtikeyasya sambhavaḥ ||
ในคัมภีร์นี้ยังสรรเสริญพระศิวะผู้เป็นจอมเทพ พร้อมทั้งพระแม่ปารวตี และยังเล่าถึงเหตุการณ์ประสูติของพระการ์ตติเกยะ ผู้กล่าวกันว่าอุบัติขึ้นโดยมารดาหลายองค์ด้วย
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores reverent remembrance (kīrtana) of divine figures and origins: sacred histories of Śiva, Pārvatī, and Kārtikeya are presented as worthy of praise and as part of the epic’s moral-cosmic framework, reminding listeners that human events unfold within a larger divine order.
Vaiśampāyana is describing the contents of the account being narrated: it includes praise/mention of Śiva and the Goddess, and it also contains the episode of Kārtikeya’s birth—characterized here as involving ‘many mothers’—signposting a well-known mythic section embedded within the broader Adi Parva narration.