Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स एवं भगवांस्तत्र पूज्यमान: सुरपिभि: । देवैश्व सुमहातेजा महादेवो व्यतिष्ठत

Transliteration

sa evaṁ bhagavāṁs tatra pūjyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ | devaiś ca sumahātejā mahādevo vyatiṣṭhata ||

Translation

ดังนั้น ณ สถานที่นั้น พระผู้เป็นเจ้า—มหาเทวะผู้มีรัศมียิ่งใหญ่ยิ่ง—ทรงประทับอยู่ โดยได้รับการสักการะบูชาอย่างสมควรจากเหล่าฤๅษีทิพย์และหมู่เทพ

Word by Word

सःhe

एवindeed/just

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

तत्रthere

पूज्यमानःbeing worshipped

सुरैःby the gods

अपिalso/even

देवैःby the gods

चand

सुमहातेजाःof very great splendor

महादेवःMahadeva (Śiva)

व्यतिष्ठतstood/remained

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Devas (gods)

Suraṛṣis (divine seers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic principle that the highest authority is honored through reverence and recognition of spiritual greatness; even gods and divine seers offer worship to Mahādeva, indicating that true supremacy is aligned with sanctity and merit rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes Mahādeva standing there in radiant majesty while being honored by the devas and the suraṛṣis, portraying a formal scene of divine veneration and the establishment of Śiva’s revered presence.