Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

सुदर्शनाख्यं तच्चक्रं चिक्षेप भगवान्हरः । कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं प्रलयानलसन्निभम्

Transliteration

sudarśanākhyaṃ taccakraṃ cikṣepa bhagavānharaḥ | koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ pralayānalasannibham

Translation

Then the Blessed Lord Hara hurled that discus renowned as Sudarśana—radiant like ten million suns, and resembling the blazing fire that rises at the time of cosmic dissolution.

Word by Word

• sudarśana-ākhyam: named ‘Sudarśana’
• sudarśana-ākhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sudarśana + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘named Sudarśana’

• tat-cakram: that discus
• tat-cakram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘that discus’

• cikṣepa: threw
• cikṣepa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (क्षिप्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• haraḥ: Hara (Śiva)
• haraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; apposition to bhagavān

• koṭi-sūrya-pratīkāśam: shining like crores of suns
• koṭi-sūrya-pratīkāśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi + sūrya + pratīkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘having the brightness like (that of) crores of suns’

• pralaya-anala-sannibham: like the fire at cosmic dissolution
• pralaya-anala-sannibham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pralaya + anala + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘similar to the fire of dissolution’

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Kālāntaka

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: pralaya (dissolution-fire imagery)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Hara)

FAQs

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

The verse uses the imagery of Sudarśana and pralaya-fire to convey Śiva as Hara—the power that dissolves obstacles, ego, and karmic bondage; in Shaiva Siddhanta terms, it points to the Lord’s grace that burns impurity (mala) and clears the path toward liberation.

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

Although the scene is martial, the focus is Saguna Śiva—God with attributes—whose overwhelming tejas (radiance) protects dharma. In Linga worship, devotees contemplate that same divine brilliance as the inner light of Śiva present in the Linga, capable of destroying inner darkness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A fitting practice is japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while visualizing Śiva’s purifying fire as burning away fear and negativity; applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) can be taken as a daily reminder of pralaya—detachment and inner purification.