Shloka 73

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

नन्दीश्वर उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तस्मै दत्त्वा वरान्वरान् । सांबश्च सगणस्सद्यस्तत्रैवान्तर्दधे प्रभुः

Transliteration

nandīśvara uvāca | evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstasmai dattvā varānvarān | sāṃbaśca sagaṇassadyastatraivāntardadhe prabhuḥ

Translation

Nandīśvara sprach: Nachdem jener selige Herr so geredet und ihm die erlesensten Gaben gewährt hatte, verschwand der erhabene Sāmbā sogleich an eben diesem Ort, begleitet von Seinen Gaṇas.

Word by Word

• नन्दीश्वरः: Nandīśvara
• नन्दीश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—नन्दी + ईश्वर (कर्मधारय)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (recipient)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• वरान्: excellent (boons)
• वरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (reduplicative emphasis: 'excellent')

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• सगणः: with his attendants
• सगणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सगण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—स + गण (तत्पुरुष/सह-समास: 'with attendants')

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्गः—अन्तर् (अन्तर्धा = to disappear)

• प्रभुः: the Lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (here appositive)

Speaker

Nandishvara (Nandi)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umapati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Uma (Parvati)
• Nandi
• Ganas

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): after instructing and blessing the devotee, the Lord withdraws into His unmanifest freedom, showing that boons and liberation arise from His sovereign will rather than mere worldly causality.

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

The verse presents Śiva as Sāmbā (Saguna Śiva, with Umā), approachable and responsive to devotion; His subsequent disappearance points to His deeper nirguṇa-transcendence—worship begins with form (liṅga/saguna) and matures into awareness of the formless Lord beyond appearances.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steady bhakti supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and remembrance of Śiva’s grace; after prayer, rest the mind in quiet inwardness, mirroring the Lord’s ‘antar-dhāna’ (becoming inward/unseen).