Shloka 10
Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)
Devanagari script
कृत्वा पूजां तु रुद्रस्य गणानां चैव सर्वश:
Transliteration
kṛtvā pūjāṃ tu rudrasya gaṇānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
Translation
毗耶娑波耶那说：既已如法礼拜鲁陀罗（Rudra），他又以种种方式向鲁陀罗的一切随从众（gaṇa）致敬——将敬奉神之侍从视为正当虔敬与合宜仪轨的一部分。
Word by Word
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)
पूजाम्worship, reverence
पूजाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
रुद्रस्यof Rudra
रुद्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
गणानाम्of the hosts (attendants)
गणानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगण
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सर्वशःin every way; wholly
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशस्
Formसर्व + शस् (अव्ययप्रत्यय)
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaR
Rudra (Śiva)G
Gaṇas (attendant hosts of Rudra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True worship is not limited to the principal deity alone; it includes respectful acknowledgement of the deity’s attendants and sacred retinue, reflecting completeness in devotion and propriety in ritual (dharma).
The narrator states that worship was performed for Rudra, and additionally honour was offered to all of Rudra’s gaṇas—indicating a thorough, ritually complete act of reverence.