Shloka 48

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा तत्कुण्ठिताग्रं हि चक्रं चक्रिणमाह सः दधीचः सस्मितं साक्षात् सदसद्व्यक्तिकारणम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tatkuṇṭhitāgraṃ hi cakraṃ cakriṇamāha saḥ dadhīcaḥ sasmitaṃ sākṣāt sadasadvyaktikāraṇam

Translation

فلما رأى دَدهيتشي القرص وقد انثلم حدّه، ابتسم وخاطب حامل القرص—وهو في الحقيقة العلّة الظاهرة للوجود واللاوجود، ولغير المتجلّي والمتجلّي.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• तत् (tat): that

• कुण्ठित-अग्रं (kuṇṭhita-agraṃ): with a dulled/blunted edge

• हि (hi): indeed

• चक्रं (cakraṃ): the discus

• चक्रिणम् (cakriṇam): the discus-bearer (Vishnu)

• आह (āha): said/addressed

• सः (saḥ): he

• दधीचः (dadhīcaḥ): Dadhici

• सस्मितम् (sasmitaṃ): with a smile

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt): directly, in truth

• सत्-असत् (sat-asat): being and non-being

• व्यक्त (vyakta): the manifest

• कारणम् (kāraṇam): cause (source/ground).

Speaker

Suta (narrating); within the episode, Dadhici speaks to Vishnu (the discus-bearer).

Characters & Entities

• Dadhici
• Vishnu
• Chakra (Discus)

FAQs

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

It frames divinity as the ultimate cause behind both manifest and unmanifest reality—supporting Linga worship as contemplation of Pati (the Supreme Lord) beyond mere form, even while approached through a sacred emblem.

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

Though addressed to the discus-bearer, the verse uses a Shaiva-compatible metaphysics: the Supreme principle is the direct cause of sat/asat and vyakta/avyakta—language that aligns with Shiva-tattva as Pati, transcending yet grounding all categories.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No explicit puja-vidhi is taught in this line; the takeaway is tattva-vicara (metaphysical discernment) central to Pashupata-oriented sadhana—seeing worldly power and weapons as secondary to the Supreme causal reality.