Shloka 6

तृतीयनेत्राग्निनिवृत्तिः / Quelling the Fire of the Third Eye

Vāḍava Fire Placed in the Ocean

Devanagari script

संदग्धुकामः स शुचिज्वालामालातिदीपितः । स्तंभितोऽरं मया शंभुप्रसादाप्तसुतेजसा

Transliteration

saṃdagdhukāmaḥ sa śucijvālāmālātidīpitaḥ | staṃbhito'raṃ mayā śaṃbhuprasādāptasutejasā

Translation

In der Absicht, sein Ziel zu verbrennen, loderte er auf, entfacht von einer reinen Flammengirlande. Doch ich hielt ihn sogleich zurück, durch den strahlenden Glanz der Kraft, die ich durch die Gnade Śambhus (des Herrn Śiva) erlangt hatte.

Word by Word

• saṃdagdhu-kāmaḥ: desiring to burn
• saṃdagdhu-kāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ+dagdhu (तुमुनन्त-धात्वर्थ) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद: तुमुनन्त ‘दग्धुम्’ + ‘काम’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śuci-jvālā-mālā-ati-dīpitaḥ: blazing intensely with pure flames
• śuci-jvālā-mālā-ati-dīpitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक) + jvālā (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक) + ati (अव्यय) + dīpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘intensely kindled by a garland/series of pure flames’

• staṃbhitaḥ: was restrained
• staṃbhitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: staṃbh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘stopped/immobilized’

• aram: completely / sufficiently
• aram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aram (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्याप्त्यर्थक/अलंकारार्थक (meaning ‘enough, completely, promptly’)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• śaṃbhu-prasāda-āpta-su-tejasā: by the excellent power gained through Śambhu’s grace
• śaṃbhu-prasāda-āpta-su-tejasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + āpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + su (अव्यय) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘तेजस्’, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘by (my) good power obtained through Śambhu’s grace’

Speaker

Parvatī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account. The verse emphasizes śaṃbhu-prasāda (Śiva’s grace) as the source of effective tejas by which destructive force is restrained—anugraha operating through Śakti/Devī as agent.

Significance: Supports the Siddhānta doctrine that grace (anugraha) empowers right restraint and protection; devotion to Umā-Pati is sought for inner control and outer harmony.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Containment of a blazing destructive force through Śiva’s grace-mediated tejas

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that destructive force (fire-like tejas) becomes spiritually legitimate and effective only when governed by Śiva’s grace; divine power is to be restrained and directed toward dharma, not uncontrolled harm.

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

By crediting her ability to restrain the blazing force to “Śambhu’s prasāda,” the verse points to Saguna Śiva as the accessible Lord who bestows empowering grace—central to devotional worship of Śiva, including Liṅga-upāsanā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is reliance on Śiva-prasāda through steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and devotional discipline, cultivating inner restraint (saṃyama) so spiritual energy (tejas) is stabilized rather than impulsive.