Shloka 25

विष्णूत्पत्तिवर्णनम्

Description of the Origin/Manifestation of Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

परः पुमानीश्वरस्स शिवश्शंभुरनीश्वरः । शीर्षे मन्दाकिनीधारी भालचन्द्रस्त्रिलोचनः

Transliteration

paraḥ pumānīśvarassa śivaśśaṃbhuranīśvaraḥ | śīrṣe mandākinīdhārī bhālacandrastrilocanaḥ

Translation

He is the Supreme Person, the Lord—Śiva, Śambhu, the Independent One, ruled by none. Upon His head He bears Mandākinī, the celestial Gaṅgā; upon His brow rests the moon; and He is the Three-Eyed One.

Word by Word

• परः: supreme
• परः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुमान्: the Person (male being)
• पुमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• ईश्वरः: Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• अनीश्वरः: having no overlord; independent
• अनीश्वरः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन् (नञ्-प्रत्यय) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास/negated adjective ‘having no lord (above)’

• शीर्षे: on (his) head
• शीर्षे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मन्दाकिनी-धारी: bearer of the Mandākinī (Gaṅgā)
• मन्दाकिनी-धारी: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्दाकिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + धृ (धातु) + णिन् (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त (णिन्) ‘bearer’; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मन्दाकिनीं धारयति)

• भाल-चन्द्रः: (he who has) the moon on his forehead
• भाल-चन्द्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाल (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: ‘moon on the forehead’

• त्रि-लोचनः: three-eyed
• त्रि-लोचनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास ‘three-eyed’

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha

Sthala Purana: Śiva as the transcendent Lord who bears Mandākinī (Gaṅgā) evokes the Himalayan Śiva-landscape; Kedāra is famed as Śiva’s mountain abode where the Gaṅgā system is ritually central.

Significance: Darśana of the Himalayan Lord associated with purification and liberation-oriented merit (pāpa-kṣaya; śiva-anugraha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse establishes Śiva as Pati—the Supreme, independent Lord—while also presenting His compassionate, accessible form (three eyes, Gaṅgā, and moon) for devotion and meditation, uniting transcendence with grace.

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

Though the Liṅga signifies the formless and limitless reality of Śiva, this verse gives Saguna markers (Tri-netra, Chandrakalā, Gaṅgādhara) that help devotees concentrate the mind; both point to the same Supreme Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Dhyāna on Gaṅgādhara-Trilocana Śiva is suggested—visualizing the three-eyed Lord with the moon and Gaṅgā—supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” especially in Mahāśivarātri worship.