Shloka 13

व्योमवाणी-श्रवणं, गणानां शरणागमनं, सती-दाह-वृत्तान्तः — Hearing the Heavenly Voice; The Gaṇas Seek Refuge; Account of Satī’s Self-Immolation

Devanagari script

अपमानं विशेषेण तस्मिन् यज्ञे महाप्रभो । दक्षाद्यास्तेऽखिला दुष्टा अकुर्वन् गर्विता अति

Transliteration

apamānaṃ viśeṣeṇa tasmin yajñe mahāprabho | dakṣādyāste'khilā duṣṭā akurvan garvitā ati

Translation

O great lord, at that sacrifice they committed a deliberate insult; Dakṣa and the others—altogether wicked and exceedingly arrogant—perpetrated it.

Word by Word

• अपमानम्: insult
• अपमानम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘insult/disrespect’

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘especially’

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘in that’ (qualifying yajñe)

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘in the sacrifice’

• महाप्रभो: O great lord
• महाप्रभो: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक: महा+प्रभु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — ‘O great lord’

• दक्षाद्याः: Dakṣa and others
• दक्षाद्याः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘Dakṣa and others’

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject, apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘they’

• अखिलाः: all
• अखिलाः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘all/entire’

• दुष्टाः: wicked
• दुष्टाः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √दुष् → क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘wicked’

• अकुर्वन्: did; committed
• अकुर्वन्: क्रिया (Verb action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they did’

• गर्विताः: proud
• गर्विताः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √गर्व् → क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘proud’

• अति: excessively; very
• अति: क्रियाविशेषण (Intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अतिशयवाचक अव्यय (intensifier)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Daksha

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that ritual (yajña) becomes spiritually barren when driven by pride and malice; in Shaiva Siddhanta, ego and disrespect are forms of pāśa (bondage) that block Shiva’s grace (anugraha).

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

Dakṣa’s arrogance represents worship performed without devotion to Saguna Shiva; true Linga-bhakti requires humility and honoring Shiva’s supremacy, not merely external sacrificial display.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to avoid aparādha (offence) in worship and cultivate humility through japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offered with reverence rather than ego.