Shloka 65

Andhakeśvara-liṅga Māhātmya and Śiva’s Subjugation of Andhaka (अन्धकेश्वरलिङ्गमाहात्म्य तथा अन्धकवध-प्रसङ्ग)

Devanagari script

प्रातश्च वर्ध्यतां राजन्ध्वजो रात्रौ पतिष्यति । मम त्वेवं च सम्पूर्णे प्राजापत्ये तथा पुनः

Transliteration

prātaśca vardhyatāṃ rājandhvajo rātrau patiṣyati | mama tvevaṃ ca sampūrṇe prājāpatye tathā punaḥ

Translation

„O König, lass das Banner am Morgen aufrichten; bei Nacht wird es fallen. Ebenso wird, wenn mein Prajāpatya-Ritus vollkommen vollendet ist, abermals (dieser Kreislauf sich wiederholen).“

Word by Word

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Kāla (काल/time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātar (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• vardhyatām: let (it) be raised/increased
• vardhyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया; injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛdh (धाातु; वर्धयति-णिच्)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग/आत्मनेपद-आज्ञा ‘let it be increased/raised’

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• dhvajaḥ: the banner
• dhvajaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; subject of patiṣyati)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative ‘at night’

• patiṣyati: will fall
• patiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धाातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mama: my/of me
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive ‘of me/my’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अनुयोगार्थक

• evam: thus/in this way
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• sampūrṇe: in/when complete
• sampūrṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sampūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative ‘when/while (it is) complete’ (contextual)

• prājāpatye: in the Prājāpatya (context/rite)
• prājāpatye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prājāpatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative ‘in the prājāpatya (rite/office/realm)’

• tathā: likewise/so
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; manner linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so/likewise)

• punaḥ: again/further
• punaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (again/further)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It highlights impermanence: worldly signs of power (like a royal banner) rise and fall, while spiritual completion comes from aligning rites and duty with devotion to Shiva, the enduring Pati (Lord) beyond changing cycles.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse contrasts temporary external emblems with the steady orientation of worship; in Jyotirlinga-centered Kotirudra narratives, Saguna Shiva worship anchors the devotee in the eternal reality behind transient ritual pageantry.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Maintain disciplined daily worship—morning observances, recitation of Shiva’s names (including the Panchakshara), and completion of vowed rites with humility—remembering that external results are temporary but devotion purifies the heart.