Shloka 56
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
कुक्षिस्तु राजन् विख्यातो दानवानां महाबल: । पार्वतीय इति ख्यात: काउज्चनाचलसंनिभ:,महाराज! दानवोंमें कुक्षि नामसे प्रसिद्ध जो महाबली राजा था, वह पार्वतीय नामक राजा हुआ; जो मेरुगिरिके समान तेजस्वी एवं विशाल था
kukṣis tu rājan vikhyāto dānavānāṁ mahābalaḥ | pārvatīya iti khyātaḥ kauñcanācalasaṁnibhaḥ ||
Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Hari, sa mga Dānava ay may isang pinunong bantog at napakalakas na nagngangalang Kukṣi. Nang lumaon, siya’y nakilala bilang Pārvatīya, matayog at maningning na wari’y bundok na ginto.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary strength and renown shape legacy: a powerful figure becomes remembered by an epithet (Pārvatīya) that captures his imposing, mountain-like stature—suggesting that deeds and qualities crystallize into enduring identity.
Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical/mythic account, describing a famed Danava ruler named Kukṣi who came to be known as Pārvatīya, compared in grandeur to a golden mountain.