Shloka 44

Devanagari script

नष्टादित्ये तथा लोके तमोभूते नगात्मजे । तृतीयं लोचन दीप्त॑ सृष्टं मे रक्षता प्रजा:,गिरिराजकुमारी! संसारमें जब सूर्य अदृश्य हो गये और सब ओर अन्धकार-ही- अन्धकार छा गया, तब मैंने प्रजाकी रक्षाके लिये अपने तीसरे तेजस्वी नेत्रकी सृष्टि की है

Transliteration

naṣṭāditye tathā loke tamobhūte nagātmaje | tṛtīyaṁ locanaṁ dīptaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ me rakṣatā prajāḥ girirājakumāri ||

Translation

Maheśvara said: “O daughter of the Mountain, when the sun had vanished from the world and darkness spread everywhere, I brought forth my blazing third eye so that I might protect living beings.”

Word by Word

नष्टेwhen (it was) disappeared

आदित्येin/when the sun

तथाthus; likewise

लोकेin the world

तमोभूतेhaving become darkness; darkened

नगात्मजेO daughter of the mountain

तृतीयम्third

लोचनम्eye

दीप्तम्blazing; radiant

सृष्टम्created

मेof me; my

रक्षताby (me) protecting; for the one who protects

प्रजाःcreatures; subjects

गिरिराजकुमारीO daughter of the king of mountains

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmaheśvara (Śiva)

Nagātmajā / Girirājakumārī (Pārvatī)

Āditya (the Sun)

Tṛtīya locana (the third eye)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine power is portrayed as arising for the protection of beings and the restoration of order when the world falls into darkness; authority is justified ethically by guardianship (rakṣā) rather than domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śiva addresses Pārvatī, recalling a time when the sun disappeared and darkness covered the world; to safeguard creation, he manifested his radiant third eye.