Shloka 5

अनरण्यसुता–पिप्पलादचरितम् / The Episode of Anaraṇya’s Daughter and Sage Pippalāda

Devanagari script

वसि । पिप्पलादो मुनिवरो वयसा जर्जरोधिकः । गत्वा निजाश्रमं नार्याऽनरण्यसुतया तया

Transliteration

vasi | pippalādo munivaro vayasā jarjarodhikaḥ | gatvā nijāśramaṃ nāryā'naraṇyasutayā tayā

Translation

„O Vasi, der vortreffliche Weise Pippalāda, vom Alter stark zermürbt, begab sich in seinen eigenen Āśrama, zusammen mit jener Frau, der Tochter Ana­raṇyas.“

Word by Word

• वसि: O Vasi(ṣṭha)
• वसि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; पाठभेद/संक्षेप (वसिष्ठस्य सम्बोधन-रूपम्)

• पिप्पलादः: Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनि-वरः: best of sages
• मुनि-वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां वरः)

• वयसा: by/with age
• वयसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• जर्जर-उधिकः: very decrepit
• जर्जर-उधिकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जर्जर (प्रातिपदिक) + उधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जर्जरेण उधिकः = exceedingly decrepit)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having gone’

• निज-आश्रमम्: to his own hermitage
• निज-आश्रमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (निजः आश्रमः)

• नार्या: with (his) wife
• नार्या: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अनरण्य-सुतया: with Anaraṇyā’s daughter
• अनरण्य-सुतया: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अनरण्यायाः सुता)

• तया: with her
• तया: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Describes Pippalāda’s return to his āśrama with his wife; no liṅga-sthala or Jyotirliṅga is specified.

Significance: Models the āśrama ideal (forest hermitage, restraint, dharma) valued in Śaiva Purāṇic ethics as preparatory to higher devotion and grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Anaraṇya
• Vasi

FAQs

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

It highlights the dharmic setting of the narrative: a venerable sage returning to the āśrama, the traditional space where tapas, discipline, and Shiva-oriented understanding mature into right conduct and inner purification.

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

Though the verse is narrative, the āśrama context in the Rudra Saṃhitā typically frames acts of worship—daily pūjā, mantra-japa, and reverence to Saguna Shiva—through which seekers stabilize devotion and prepare for higher realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied takeaway is āśrama-sādhana: regular japa (often the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), disciplined living, and steady worship practices performed in a sanctified dwelling or shrine-space.