Shloka 13

Rudrakoṭi, Madhuvana, Puṣpanagarī, and Kālañjara — Śveta’s Bhakti and the Subjugation of Kāla

Devanagari script

संस्थाप्य विधिना लिङ्गं भक्तियोगपुरः सरः / जजाप रुद्रमनिशं तत्र संन्यस्तमानसः

Transliteration

saṃsthāpya vidhinā liṅgaṃ bhaktiyogapuraḥ saraḥ / jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ tatra saṃnyastamānasaḥ

Translation

وبعد أن أقام اللِّينغا على الوجه المأثور في الشعائر، عند تلك البحيرة التي سمتْها يوغا البهاكتي، أخذ يَجَپَا مانترا رُدرا بلا انقطاع، وقد ألقى قلبه كلَّه تسليماً وثبّت ذهنه في الربّ.

Word by Word

• संस्थाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• संस्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having स्थापित/established’

• विधिना: by proper procedure
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘according to rule/with proper rite’

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Śiva-liṅga

• भक्तियोगपुरः: placing devotion-yoga foremost
• भक्तियोगपुरः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरस्/पुरः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः—‘भक्तियोगं पुरः कृत्वा’ (with devotion-yoga in front/foremost)

• सरः: (he) the ascetic/one (contextual subject)
• सरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सरस्-शब्दः), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as subject with masculine-looking form ‘saraḥ’

• जजाप: chanted
• जजाप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (mantra/name)
• रुद्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; object of chanting (Rudra-mantra)

• अनिशम्: unceasingly
• अनिशम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (continually)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• संन्यस्तमानसः: whose mind was renounced/withdrawn
• संन्यस्तमानसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संन्यस्त (कृदन्त; सम्+नि+अस्/न्यस्) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘संन्यस्तं मानसं यस्य सः’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing the devotee’s observance within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Bhakti-yoga

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By stressing saṃnyasta-mānasaḥ (a mind surrendered and fixed), the verse points to inner absorption: realization is approached not merely by outer rite, but by inward renunciation and one-pointedness where the self is aligned with the Lord as the indwelling reality.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It highlights bhakti-yoga expressed through liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (ritual installation) and continuous Rudra-japa (aniśaṃ), joined with mental surrender (saṃnyasta-mānasaḥ). This is a Kurma Purana-style integration of devotion, mantra, and disciplined concentration akin to Pāśupata-oriented observance.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

In the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology, devotion to Rudra through mantra and liṅga worship functions as a valid path within a broader Vaiṣṇava frame; the verse supports practical unity by presenting Śiva-worship as an authentic yogic means to the same Supreme.