Shloka 22

जलंधरयुद्धे मायाप्रयोगः — Jalandhara’s Māyā in the Battle with Śiva

Devanagari script

अथ लोके महारुद्रस्स्वीयं तेजोऽतिदुस्सहम् । दर्शयामास सर्वस्मै सत्यमेतन्मुनीश्वर

Transliteration

atha loke mahārudrassvīyaṃ tejo'tidussaham | darśayāmāsa sarvasmai satyametanmunīśvara

Translation

Then, in the midst of the worlds, Mahārudra revealed to everyone His own radiance—utterly irresistible to behold. This indeed is the truth, O lord among sages.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb), अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• mahā-rudraḥ: Mahārudra
• mahā-rudraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• svīyam: his own
• svīyam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• tejaḥ: splendor, energy
• tejaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ati-dus-saham: utterly unbearable
• ati-dus-saham: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati + dus + saha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of tejaḥ)

• darśayāmāsa: showed
• darśayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: darśaya (णिजन्त from √dṛś) + āsa (√as)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative (णिजन्त) of √दृश् ‘to show’

• sarvasmai: to everyone
• sarvasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; ‘to everyone’ (collective singular)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate: ‘true’)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• muni-īśvara: O lord of sages
• muni-īśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse depicts Mahārudra’s self-manifest radiance (tejas) as a theophany in the Jalandhara conflict narrative.

Significance: Darśana of Rudra’s tejas signifies the Lord’s supremacy (pati) and the soul’s incapacity to ‘withstand’ divine reality without grace; inspires śaraṇāgati and bhakti.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Mahārudra)

FAQs

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

It proclaims that Śiva’s tejas (divine radiance) is not merely physical light but the overpowering presence of Pati (the Lord) that dissolves limitation; only a purified, grace-aided awareness can truly “withstand” and receive such darśana.

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

The verse emphasizes manifestation (darśana) of Śiva’s power in a perceivable way—aligned with Saguna worship where the devotee approaches the Supreme through accessible forms such as the Śiva-liṅga, through which the same transcendent tejas is reverently invoked.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to seek Śiva-darśana through disciplined japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and inner steadiness, cultivating purity so the mind can bear and assimilate the Lord’s presence.