Shloka 21
नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण शुकाभिपतनं ययौ । स ददर्श द्विधा कृत्वा पर्वताग्रं शुकं गतम्
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa śukābhipatanaṃ yayau | sa dadarśa dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgraṃ śukaṃ gatam |
毗湿摩说道：“不过一瞬如同一眨眼，他便抵达名为‘舒迦降临处／舒迦通行处’（Śukābhipatana）的地方。在那里，他看见舒迦曾将山巅劈为两半，而后继续前行。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the power of yogic accomplishment and the idea that the movement of a realized sage can consecrate a place, turning it into a remembered sacred site; it implicitly commends reverence for spiritual attainment and the ethical authority of renunciant wisdom.
Bhīṣma describes reaching (in an instant) the spot called Śukābhipatana and witnessing the mark of Śuka’s passage—Śuka had advanced by cleaving the mountain summit into two, and that extraordinary event gave the place its name.