Shloka 45

दधीचाश्रमगमनम् — Viṣṇu’s Disguise and Dadhīca’s Fearlessness

Kṣu’s Request

Devanagari script

क्षुव उवाच । प्रसीद मुनिशार्दूल शिवभक्तशिरोमणे । प्रसीद परमेशान दुर्लक्ष्ये दुर्जनैस्सह

Transliteration

kṣuva uvāca | prasīda muniśārdūla śivabhaktaśiromaṇe | prasīda parameśāna durlakṣye durjanaissaha

Translation

Kṣuva said: “Be gracious, O tiger among sages, O crest-jewel among the devotees of Śiva. Be gracious, O Parameśāna, Supreme Lord—hard to be perceived, even amid the company of the wicked.”

Word by Word

• क्षुवः: Kṣuva
• क्षुवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Sambodhana-prayoga (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनि-शार्दूल: O tiger among sages
• मुनि-शार्दूल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘मुनिः इव शार्दूलः’ (appositional)

• शिव-भक्त-शिरोमणे: O crest-jewel of Śiva’s devotees
• शिव-भक्त-शिरोमणे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + शिरोमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘शिवस्य भक्तानां शिरोमणिः’ (nested genitive-tatpuruṣa)

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Sambodhana-prayoga (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम-ईशान: O supreme lord
• परम-ईशान: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘परमः ईशानः’

• दुर्लक्ष्ये: O hard-to-perceive one
• दुर्लक्ष्ये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of परमेईशान)

• दुर्जनैः: by/with wicked people
• दुर्जनैः: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like particle) सह + तृतीया

Speaker

Kṣuva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: prasīda muniśārdūla śivabhaktaśiromaṇe | prasīda parameśāna durlakṣye durjanaissaha

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse is a direct appeal for Śiva’s prasāda (grace), affirming that the Supreme Lord is subtle and “hard to perceive” unless devotion and humility mature—an emphasis aligned with Shaiva Siddhanta where liberation is completed by Pati’s anugraha.

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

Calling Śiva “Parameśāna” while also “durlakṣya” reflects both Saguna access (approachable through worship, mantra, and devotion) and the transcendence that cannot be grasped by mere social proximity or outer association; Linga-worship trains the mind to recognize the subtle Lord through steady bhakti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily prayer for prasāda while repeating the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a bhakti attitude, maintaining inner purity even when surrounded by distracting or negative influences.