Shloka 13

देवाः वैकुण्ठगमनम् तथा विष्णोः अवतारस्तुतिः | Devas Go to Vaikuṇṭha and Praise Viṣṇu’s Avatāras

Devanagari script

नमस्ते कपिलरूपाय देवहूत्यै महात्मने । वदते सांख्ययोगं च सांख्याचार्याय वै प्रभो

Transliteration

namaste kapilarūpāya devahūtyai mahātmane | vadate sāṃkhyayogaṃ ca sāṃkhyācāryāya vai prabho

Translation

Salutations to You, O Lord, in the form of Kapila—great-souled son of Devahūti—who expounded the discipline of Sāṃkhya and Yoga, and who is indeed the revered teacher of Sāṃkhya.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अभिवादनार्थ

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; enclitic (to you)

• कपिलरूपाय: to (you) in Kapila-form
• कपिलरूपाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कपिलस्य रूपम्/कपिलरूपः)

• देवहूत्यै: to Devahūti
• देवहूत्यै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवहूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नकारान्त-प्रातिपदिक (महात्मन्)

• वदते: speaks/teaches
• वदते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सांख्ययोगम्: Sāṃkhya and Yoga
• सांख्ययोगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सांख्यं च योगश्च) used as object of ‘वदते’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction

• सांख्याचार्याय: to the teacher of Sāṃkhya
• सांख्याचार्याय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सांख्यस्य आचार्यः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/particle (indeed, surely)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating within the Shiva Purana’s Rudrasaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: नमस्ते कपिलरूपाय देवहूत्यै महात्मने । वदते सांख्ययोगं च सांख्याचार्याय वै प्रभो

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• Devahuti

FAQs

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

It honors the Lord as the inner source of liberating knowledge—appearing as Kapila to teach discriminative wisdom (Sāṃkhya) and disciplined practice (Yoga), which mature into detachment and readiness for Shiva’s grace that grants moksha.

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

By praising a divine form (Kapila-rūpa), the verse supports Saguna devotion: the devotee approaches Shiva through a knowable manifestation, and that reverence can be united with Linga-worship as a steady focus for meditation and surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt a Sāṃkhya-Yoga discipline alongside Shaiva worship: daily japa (especially Shiva’s names or the Panchākṣarī), meditation with discrimination between the seer and the seen, and simple purity observances such as bhasma/Tripuṇḍra and Rudrāksha when aligned with one’s tradition.