Shloka 96
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
परमर्षिमहायोगी अरणीगर्भसम्भव: । अरणीके साथ-साथ शुक्रका भी मन्थन होनेसे महातपस्वी तथा महायोगी परम ऋषि शुकदेवजीका जन्म हो गया। वे अरणीके ही गर्भसे प्रकट हुए
paramarṣi-mahāyogī araṇī-garbha-sambhavaḥ |
毗湿摩说道：“由阿罗尼（araṇī，取火钻木）之搅磨而生——其搅磨之中，连舒克罗（Śukra）也一并被‘搅出’——遂诞生了至上圣者舒迦提婆：大苦行者，亦是大瑜伽行者。他显现为从阿罗尼自身之‘胎’中而出。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that true spiritual stature can be portrayed as arising from tapas and yogic power rather than conventional birth—Śukadeva is presented as ‘born from the araṇī,’ symbolizing a life rooted in ascetic discipline and inner realization.
Bhīṣma describes the extraordinary origin of the sage Śukadeva: through the churning of the araṇī (fire-drill), he is said to have manifested as a great ascetic and yogin, with Śukra also mentioned as being produced ‘alongside’ in that churning.