Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

द्विधा पपात तद्देहो ह्यंजनाद्रिरिवाचलः । कुलिशेन यथा वारांनिधौ गिरिवरो द्विधा

Transliteration

dvidhā papāta taddeho hyaṃjanādririvācalaḥ | kuliśena yathā vārāṃnidhau girivaro dvidhā

Translation

Then that body fell apart into two, unmoving like Mount Añjana—just as a great mountain is split in two by Indra’s thunderbolt in the midst of the ocean.

Word by Word

• द्विधा: in two
• द्विधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner: in two parts)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• तत्-देहः: that body
• तत्-देहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (तद्देहः = तत् देहः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• अंजन-अद्रिः: Mount Añjana
• अंजन-अद्रिः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंजन (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (अंजनाद्रि = अंजन-नामकः अद्रिः)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• अचलः: a mountain (immovable one)
• अचलः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); अंजनाद्रिः के विशेषणरूपेण

• कुलिशेन: with a thunderbolt
• कुलिशेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• वाराम्-निधौ: in the ocean
• वाराम्-निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (वारांनिधि = वारिणां निधिः = समुद्रः)

• गिरि-वरः: the best of mountains
• गिरि-वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (गिरिवर = गिरिषु वरः)

• द्विधा: in two
• द्विधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

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

The splitting of the body into two signifies the decisive breaking of adharma and egoic hardness; in Shaiva Siddhanta, Shiva’s śakti severs the bonds (pāśa) that keep the soul (paśu) fixed in ignorance.

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

Such battle imagery supports Saguna Shiva-bhakti: the devotee contemplates Shiva as the active Lord who protects dharma and destroys inner impurities, a meditation that culminates in steadiness of mind before the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Take it as a cue for japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra-bhasma remembrance—praying for Shiva’s grace to ‘split’ pride and attachment into harmless fragments.