Shloka 5

नारदस्य विष्णूपदेशवर्णनम् — Nārada and Viṣṇu: Instruction after Delusion

Devanagari script

उवाच वचनं कुद्धस्समिद्ध इव पावकः । दुरुक्तिगर्भितं व्यङ्गः नष्टज्ञानश्शिवेच्छया

Transliteration

uvāca vacanaṃ kuddhassamiddha iva pāvakaḥ | duruktigarbhitaṃ vyaṅgaḥ naṣṭajñānaśśivecchayā

Translation

Vom Zorn verzehrt, sprach er wie loderndes Feuer—seine Worte waren von Härte und Spott durchdrungen; denn durch Śivas Willen war sein Unterscheidungsvermögen verdunkelt.

Word by Word

• uvāca: said/spoke
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• vacanam: words; a statement
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• kuddhaḥ: angry
• kuddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuddha (कृदन्त; √kudh/krudh)
• Form: Past participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; from √krudh (क्रुध्) ‘to be angry’ (orthography in text: kuddha)

• samiddhaḥ: kindled; blazing
• samiddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-idh (धातु) → samiddha (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; from √idh (इध्) with prefix sam- ‘kindled, blazing’

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; उपमा-प्रदर्शक (simile particle)

• pāvakaḥ: fire
• pāvakaḥ: Upamāna (उपमान/standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• durukti-garbhitam: filled with harsh words
• durukti-garbhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durukti (प्रातिपदिक) + garbhita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; समास: तत्पुरुष ‘duruktyā garbhitam’ = ‘filled with harsh speech’; garbhita = past participle (क्त) from √gṛbh/garbh (गर्भ्) ‘to contain’ (usage)

• vyaṅgaḥ: (he) sarcastic/taunting (one)
• vyaṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective used substantively; sense ‘sarcastic/taunting’

• naṣṭa-jñānaḥ: one whose knowledge is lost
• naṣṭa-jñānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (कृदन्त) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहि ‘yasya jñānaṃ naṣṭam’ = ‘whose knowledge is lost’; naṣṭa = past participle from √naś (नश्)

• śiva-icchayā: by Śiva’s will
• śiva-icchayā: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु-instrumental cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘śivasya icchayā’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Rudra Saṁhitā account to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shows how krodha (anger) can eclipse viveka (discernment), and that the unfolding of events—even a fall into harsh speech—can occur under Śiva’s icchā, ultimately steering beings toward karmic learning and purification on the path to mokṣa.

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

By highlighting “Śiva’s will,” the verse points to Saguna Śiva as the conscious governor of creation and dissolution of states like clarity and delusion; Linga-worship trains the devotee to stabilize mind and speech in Śiva-bhāva rather than be driven by anger.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Control of speech (mauna/saṁyama) supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” is the practical takeaway; it cools the inner ‘fire’ of anger and restores right knowledge (jñāna) and devotion (bhakti).