Shloka 35

अध्याय १०१: हैमवती-तपः, तारकवंश-उत्पातः, स्कन्द-प्रत्याशा, मदनदहनम्

Devanagari script

तम् आह भगवाञ्छक्रः संभाव्य मकरध्वजम् शङ्करेणांबिकामद्य संयोजय यथासुखम्

Transliteration

tam āha bhagavāñchakraḥ saṃbhāvya makaradhvajam śaṅkareṇāṃbikāmadya saṃyojaya yathāsukham

Translation

ثم إنَّ شَكْرَ المبارك (إندرا)، مُكرِّمًا مَكَرَدهْوَجَ (كاما)، قال له: «اليومَ اجمع أمبيكا بشَنْكَرَ، على وجهٍ لائقٍ مُرضٍ.»

Word by Word

• तम् (tam): him

• आह (āha): said

• भगवाञ् (bhagavān): the blessed/lordly one

• शक्रः (śakraḥ): Indra

• संभाव्य (saṃbhāvya): honoring, showing regard to

• मकरध्वजम् (makaradhvajam): Makaradhvaja, Kāma (whose banner bears the makara)

• शङ्करेण (śaṅkareṇa): with Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• अंबिकाम् (ambikām): Ambikā (Pārvatī/Śakti)

• अद्य (adya): today/now

• संयोजय (saṃyojaya): unite, bring into union

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham): as is pleasant/appropriate, at ease

Speaker

Suta (narrating an internal speech of Indra/Śakra)

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Kama (Makaradhvaja)
• Shiva (Śaṅkara)
• Parvati (Ambika)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Kāma (desire) as an instrument directed by the Devas to support cosmic order, while Śiva–Śakti remain the sovereign reality; in Linga theology, this reinforces that all forces—including desire—must be subordinated to Pati (Śiva) and aligned with auspiciousness (śivam) rather than bondage (pāśa).

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is implied as Pati, the independent Lord with whom even the gods seek to harmonize events; the command to “unite Ambikā with Śaṅkara” highlights Śiva-tattva as inseparable from Śakti, where divine union is not mere passion but the ordered ground of manifestation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A direct ritual is not described; the takeaway is yogic restraint and governance of kāma—desire is to be regulated and offered into dharma, a key Pāśupata-oriented principle for loosening pāśa (bondage) over the paśu (individual soul).