Shloka 3

Śiva-darśana through Tapas and Stuti (उपमन्यु–कृष्ण संवादः)

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति तद्वाक्यं मयोक्त: प्राह शड्कर: । ततो मां जगतो माता धारिणी सर्वपावनी

Transliteration

evam astv iti tad-vākyaṁ mayoktaḥ prāha śaṅkaraḥ | tato māṁ jagato mātā dhāriṇī sarva-pāvanī …

Translation

আমি এভাবে বললে শংকর বললেন—“এবমস্তু, তাই হোক।” তারপর জগতের জননী, সকলকে ধারণ-পোষণকারী, সর্বপাবনী শর্বাণী (উমা) একাগ্রচিত্তে বললেন—“নিষ্পাপ! ভগবান তোমাকে সাম্ব নামে এক পুত্র দান করেছেন।”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'evam astu', 'definition': '“Let it be so”

• an expression of assent/confirmation'}, {'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• marking the end of quoted speech'}, {'term': 'tad-vākya', 'definition': 'that statement/that speech'}, {'term': 'mayā uktaḥ (mayoktaḥ)', 'definition': 'spoken by me'}, {'term': 'prāha', 'definition': 'said

• spoke'}, {'term': 'śaṅkaraḥ', 'definition': 'Śaṅkara (Śiva), the auspicious one'}, {'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'jagato mātā', 'definition': 'Mother of the world (a title of Umā/Pārvatī)'}, {'term': 'dhāriṇī', 'definition': 'the sustainer/supporter (feminine)'}, {'term': 'sarva-pāvanī', 'definition': 'all-purifying

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Jagadambā Umādevī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra
• Sāmba

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights divine confirmation (“evam astu”) and the role of the world-mother as sustainer and purifier, suggesting that blessings and outcomes unfold within a dharmic, divinely supervised moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the speaker’s words, Śaṅkara (Śiva) grants assent. Then Umā, described as the Mother of the world and all-purifying, begins to speak, leading into the account of a boon involving Kṛṣṇa receiving a son named Sāmba.