Shloka 3

शरभप्रादुर्भावो नाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः (जलन्धरविमर्दनम्)

Devanagari script

आसीदन्तकसंकाशस् तपसा लब्धविक्रमः तेन देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सयक्षोरगराक्षसाः

Transliteration

āsīdantakasaṃkāśas tapasā labdhavikramaḥ tena devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ

Translation

সে অন্তক (মৃত্যু)-সদৃশ প্রতীয়মান হল, তপস্যায় অপ্রতিরোধ্য পরাক্রম লাভ করে। তার কারণে দেবগণ—গন্ধর্ব, যক্ষ, নাগ ও রাক্ষসসহ—ভয়ে ও দুঃখে ব্যাকুল হয়ে পড়ল।

Word by Word

• āsīt: was/appeared

• antaka-saṃkāśaḥ: resembling Antaka (Death), death-like

• tapasā: by austerity (tapas)

• labdha-vikramaḥ: having obtained valor/power/heroic might

• tena: by him/through him

• devāḥ: the gods

• sa-gandharvāḥ: along with Gandharvas

• sa-yakṣa: along with Yakṣas

• uraga: serpents/Nāgas

• rākṣasāḥ: Rākṣasas/demons

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Yakshas
• Nagas (Uraga)
• Rakshasas

FAQs

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

It frames tapas-born power as a destabilizing force when not aligned with Pati (Shiva). Linga worship, as the Siddhanta remedy, re-centers all gained energies into dharma and devotion so that power serves liberation rather than terror.

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

By contrast: a being becomes “death-like” through tapas, yet Shiva-tattva is the true Pati who governs death and dissolution without falling into fear-based domination. The verse sets up the need for Shiva’s lordship to re-order the cosmos.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Tapas (austerity) as a yogic means of acquiring vikrama (spiritual-force). In Shaiva framing, such tapas must be yoked to Pashupata discipline—devotion, restraint, and surrender to Shiva—so it does not become another pasha (bond).