Shloka 9
अन्रेश्नैवौरस: श्रीमान् राजा सोमश्न वीर्यवान् | सहस्र॑ यश्व दिव्यानां युगानां पर्युपासिता,अत्रिके औरस पुत्र श्रीमान् और बलवान राजा सोम हुए, जिन्होंने सहस्र दिव्य युगोंतक भगवानकी उपासना की थी
Bhīṣma uvāca: Atrer aurasaḥ śrīmān rājā Somaśravā vīryavān | sahasraṃ caiva divyānāṃ yugānāṃ paryupāsitaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：出自阿特里（Atri）嫡系，有一位光辉勇武之王，名为苏摩室罗婆（Somaśravā）。人们记念他：历经一千天界劫期，恒常礼敬修持，坚守供奉与克己之行。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True royal excellence is not merely martial strength or wealth; it is sustained devotion and disciplined practice over time. The verse holds up Somaśravā as an ethical model: power grounded in reverence, endurance, and dharmic conduct.
Bhishma, while instructing on dharma in the Shanti Parva, introduces an exemplary figure from Atri’s lineage—King Somaśravā—highlighting his extraordinary long-term worship across ‘a thousand divine yugas’ to underscore the ideal of steadfast devotion.