Shloka 28
स तथोक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा कृत्वा विष्णुं शरोत्तमम्
sa tathoktas tathety uktvā kṛtvā viṣṇuṁ śarottamam | agniṁ tasya śalyam kṛtvā vaivasvataṁ yamaṁ pakṣau sarvān vedān dhanuḥ | gāyatrīṁ pratyancām uttamāṁ kṛtvā brahmāṇaṁ sārathiṁ kṛtvā sarvān yathāvat svasvakarmasu niyojya | tribhiḥ parvabhiḥ tribhiś ca śalyaiḥ yuktasya tasya śarasya balena tān trīn purān vidīrya papāta ||
Nang siya’y kausapin nang gayon, pumayag si Śiva at nagsabi, “Mangyari nawa.” Pagkaraan, hinubog niya si Viṣṇu bilang kataas-taasang palaso; ginawa si Agni na matalim na dulo nitong tumatagos; itinalaga si Vaivasvata Yama bilang mga balahibo ng palaso; ginawang busog ang lahat ng Veda; ginawang pinakadakilang pisi ng busog ang Gāyatrī; at iniluklok si Brahmā bilang tagapagmaneho ng karwahe. Nang maitalaga ang bawat kapangyarihan sa nararapat nitong tungkulin, sa palasong yaon—may tatlong dugtungan at tatlong talim—binutas at winasak niya ang tatlong lungsod at ibinagsak ang mga ito.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents power as legitimate and effective when it is harmonized with dharma and cosmic order: each divine principle is assigned its proper role, suggesting that righteous action depends on right alignment, not mere force.
Śiva agrees to the request and prepares for the destruction of the three demon cities (Tripura) by assembling a symbolic ‘divine weapon-system’: Viṣṇu becomes the arrow, Agni its point, Yama its feathers, the Vedas the bow, Gāyatrī the bowstring, and Brahmā the charioteer; with this, Śiva pierces and destroys the three cities.