Shloka 53

Devanagari script

देवदेव: शिव: सर्वो जागर्ति सतत प्रभु: ।।

Transliteration

devadevaḥ śivaḥ sarvo jāgarti satataṃ prabhuḥ | kapardī śaṅkaro rudraḥ śivaḥ sthāṇur umāpatiḥ ||

Translation

দেৱদেৱ, সৰ্বব্যাপী প্ৰভু শিৱ সদা সজাগ থাকে—তেওঁ কপৰ্দী (জটাধাৰী), শংকৰ, ৰুদ্ৰ, শিৱ, স্থাণু আৰু উমাপতি।

Word by Word

• देवदेवः: god of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिवः: Śiva (the auspicious one)
• शिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वः: all; the all(-pervading one)
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जागर्ति: is awake; keeps watch
• जागर्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सततम्: always; constantly
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• प्रभुः: lord; master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कपर्दी: the one with matted hair/topknot
• कपर्दी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (beneficent one)
• शङ्करः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थाणुः: the immovable one; Sthāṇu
• स्थाणुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उमापतिः: lord of Umā
• उमापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसुहरोम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasuharoma
• Śiva
• Umā (Pārvatī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the supreme Lord (Śiva) is ever-vigilant and all-pervading, embodying both benevolence (Śaṅkara/Śiva) and awe-inspiring power (Rudra). Remembering his many epithets reinforces trust in divine protection and commitment to world-welfare (loka-maṅgala).

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Śānti Parva’s reflective discourse, Vasuharoma offers a hymn-like enumeration of Śiva’s names and qualities, presenting him as the ever-awake guardian and auspicious refuge, thereby grounding ethical peace and stability in devotion and recognition of the supreme.