Shloka 30

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

तेन तस्मिन्‌ कुमारेण क्रीडता निहते<सुरे । सुरेन्द्र: स्थापितो राज्ये देवानां पुनरीश्वर:

Transliteration

tena tasmin kumāreṇa krīḍatā nihate 'sure | surendraḥ sthāpito rājye devānāṃ punar īśvaraḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：当那位年轻的天子仿佛只是在嬉戏间便诛杀了阿修罗塔罗迦时，因陀罗——诸天之主——再度被确立于天界的王权之上，复归其正当统治。

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that (time/occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुमारेण: by the youth/prince (Kumāra)
• कुमारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रीडता: while playing/sporting
• क्रीडता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निहते: when (he) was slain
• निहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• असुरे: in/when the demon
• असुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सुरेन्द्रः: Indra, lord of the gods
• सुरेन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थापितः: was स्थापित/installed
• स्थापितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (caus. स्थापय्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्ये: in the kingdom/sovereignty
• राज्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• ईश्वरः: lord/ruler
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kumāra (the divine youth; Skanda/Kārttikeya implied)
• Tārakāsura
• Indra (Surendra)
• Devas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When adharma disrupts rightful order, its removal—sometimes through divinely empowered agency—restores legitimate sovereignty; true rulership is grounded in the protection of cosmic and moral balance, not mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

The divine youth (Kumāra, i.e., Skanda/Kārttikeya) kills the asura Tāraka with effortless ease, and as a result Indra is reinstated as the ruler of the gods, regaining the devas’ kingdom.