Shalya Parva, Mahabharata
- The following chapters mention about The Mahabharata Tribes in Shalya Parva. Click the chapter to see details.
- Book IX Chapter 35 -Baladeva tracks River Sarasvati, mentions Udapana, Vinashana
- Book IX Chapter 36 - Baladeva tracks River Sarasvati, mentions Vinasana where Sarasvati is lost,Subhumika, Gandharvas, Gandharvas, Gargasrota, tirtha called Sankha, Mohasankha,Yakshas, Vidyadharas, Rakshasas, Pisachas, Siddhas, Dwaita lake, tirtha called Nagadhanwana, Naga Vasuki, Naimisha,Samantapanchaka, Valkhilyas and Asmakuttas, Dantolakhalinas, Samprakshanas, Kurukshetra, trees and plants along Sarasvati: Vadari, Inguda, Ksamarya, Plaksha, Aswattha, Vibhitaka, Kakkola, Palasa, Karira, Pilu, forest of Karushakas, Vilwas, and Amratakas, and Atimuktas and Kashandas and Parijatas.
- Book IX Chapter 41 - Dispute between Vasishtha and Vishvamitra, description of Sarasvati and Sthanu
- Book IX Chapter 42 - Description of River Saraswati
- Book IX Chapter 43 - Birth of Kartikeya or Skanda
- Book IX Chapter 44 - List of 330 combatants who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo.
- Book IX Chapter 45 - List of the mothers who became companions when Skanda was installed
- Book IX Chapter 47 - Balarama proceeded to the tirtha Badarapachana
- Book IX Chapter 48 - Balarama's journey to tirthan on Sarasvati River:Indra Tirtha, Rama Tirtha, Aditya Tirtha
Salya Parva: Summary
"Then hath been recited the wonderful Parva called Salya. After all the great warriors had been slain, the king of Madra - Shalyabecame the leader of the (Kaurava) army. The encounters one after another, of charioteers, have been here described. Then comes the fall of the great Salya at the hands of Yudhishthira, the Just. Here also is the death of Sakuni in battle at the hands of Sahadeva. Upon only a small remnant of the troops remaining alive after the immense slaughter, Duryodhana went to the lake and creating for himself room within its waters lay stretched there for some time. Then is narrated the receipt of this intelligence by Bhima from the fowlers: then is narrated how, moved by the insulting speeches of the intelligent Yudhishthira, Duryodhana ever unable to bear affronts, came out of the waters. Then comes the encounter with clubs, between Duryodhana and Bhima; then the arrival, at the time of such encounter, of Balarama: then is described the sacredness of the Saraswati; then the progress of the encounter with clubs; then the fracture of Duryodhana's thighs in battle by Bhima with (a terrific hurl of) his mace. Birth of Kartikeya or Skanda is described and Lists 330 combatants who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo, List of names of the mothers who became the companions of Kumara. These all have been described in the wonderful ninth Parva. In this the number of sections is fifty-nine and the number of slokas composed by the great Vyasa--the spreader of the fame of the Kauravas--is three thousand, two hundred and twenty.
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