Shloka 25

Kirātāvatāra, Durvāsā-upākhyāna, and the Logic of Divine Rescue

Kirātākhyam-avatāra; Pāṇḍava-prasaṅga

Devanagari script

तत्रोपविष्टं तं व्यासं पूजयन्ति स्म हर्षिताः । स्तुतिं च विविधां कृत्वा धन्याः स्म इति वादिनः

Transliteration

tatropaviṣṭaṃ taṃ vyāsaṃ pūjayanti sma harṣitāḥ | stutiṃ ca vividhāṃ kṛtvā dhanyāḥ sma iti vādinaḥ

Translation

Dort, als sie Vyāsa sitzen sahen, verehrten sie ihn voller Freude. Nachdem sie vielfältige Lobgesänge dargebracht hatten, sprachen sie: „Wahrlich, wir sind gesegnet.“

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• उपविष्टम्: seated
• उपविष्टम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘seated’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्यासम्: Vyāsa
• व्यासम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयन्ति: they worship
• पूजयन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present Indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• स्म: indeed (narrative past marker)
• स्म: Kriya-nipata (क्रियानिपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: भूतार्थे/अनुवादे अव्यय (particle used with present to indicate past/habitual narration)

• हर्षिताः: joyful
• हर्षिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्तुतिम्: praise; hymn
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विविधाम्: various
• विविधाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having done/made’

• धन्याः: blessed; fortunate
• धन्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्म: indeed (narrative past marker)
• स्म: Kriya-nipata (क्रियानिपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: भूतार्थे अव्यय (narrative particle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyartha-marker (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• वादिनः: speakers; those saying
• वादिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Vyasa

FAQs

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

It highlights guru-vandana: reverence to the realized teacher (Vyāsa) as a doorway to Shiva’s grace. Joyful worship and sincere praise purify the devotee and make one fit to receive Shaiva knowledge leading toward moksha.

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

In Shaiva tradition, honoring the guru and saints is part of Saguna-bhakti that supports Linga-worship. The same attitude of devotion—pūjā, stuti, and gratitude—becomes the inner offering that culminates in steadfast worship of Shiva in manifest form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse suggests pūjā and stuti (devotional praise) with a grateful mind. Practically, one may begin worship with guru-pranāma, followed by recitation of Shiva-stotras or the Panchakshara mantra as an offering of speech and attention.