Shloka 5

देव-गण-समरः

Devas and Śiva’s Gaṇas Engage in Battle

Devanagari script

तेषामुद्योगमालोक्य दक्षश्चासृङ्मुखस्तथा । तदंतिकं समागत्य सकलत्रोऽभ्यभाषत

Transliteration

teṣāmudyogamālokya dakṣaścāsṛṅmukhastathā | tadaṃtikaṃ samāgatya sakalatro'bhyabhāṣata

Translation

Als er ihre entschlossene Zurüstung sah, wurde auch Dakṣa vor Erregung rot im Gesicht. Dann trat er nahe heran und redete die ganze Schar an.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• उद्योगम्: preparation/effort
• उद्योगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• आलोक्य: having seen
• आलोक्य: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having seen/observed’

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• आसृक्-मुखः: with a bloodied face
• आसृक्-मुखः: Karta (कर्ता; विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसृक् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता-विशेषण), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘आसृक् मुखे यस्य सः’ = whose face had blood

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• तत्-अन्तिकम्: to/near that place (near him)
• तत्-अन्तिकम्: Desha-Adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; अव्ययवत्; ‘तस्य अन्तिकम्’ = near him/there

• समागत्य: having approached
• समागत्य: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having come/approached’

• स-कलत्रः: together with his wife
• स-कलत्रः: Karta (कर्ता; विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थक) + कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता-विशेषण), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘कलत्रेण सह’ = accompanied by (his) wife

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke/addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode of Daksha in the Sati Khanda)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Daksha

FAQs

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

It highlights how ahamkāra (ego) and ritual-pride can inflame the mind, leading one away from Shiva-bhakti; Daksha’s agitation foreshadows the downfall of action performed without surrender to Pati (Shiva).

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

The narrative contrasts outer authority and pride with true reverence to Saguna Shiva (worshipped as the Linga and as the Lord). Daksha’s anger signals resistance to acknowledging Shiva’s supremacy beyond social hierarchy.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is restraint and humility: steady the mind before ritual through japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and cultivate inner purity so worship is not driven by anger or status.