Shloka 29
हिरण्यकशिपोः क्रोधः तथा देवप्रजाकदनम् — Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Wrath and the Affliction of Devas and Beings
दृष्टस्स दैत्यैरतुलप्रभावस्ते रेभिरे ते हि तथैव सर्वे । सिंहं च तं सर्वमयं निरीक्ष्य प्रह्लादनामा दितिजेन्द्रपुत्रः । उवाच राजानमयं मृगेन्द्रो जगन्मयः किं समुपागतश्च
dṛṣṭassa daityairatulaprabhāvaste rebhire te hi tathaiva sarve | siṃhaṃ ca taṃ sarvamayaṃ nirīkṣya prahlādanāmā ditijendraputraḥ | uvāca rājānamayaṃ mṛgendro jaganmayaḥ kiṃ samupāgataśca
When the Daityas beheld that being of incomparable might, they all roared as one. Gazing upon that lion who seemed the very embodiment of all existence, Prahlāda—the son of the Daitya-king—spoke: “What is this lion, formed of the sovereign principle and pervading the universe, that has now arrived?”
Suta Goswami (narrating the Yuddhakhaṇḍa account to the sages)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Bhairava
FAQs
The verse highlights a vision of the Divine as jaganmaya—pervading all—evoking both fear and reverence; it points to the Shaiva insight that the Lord’s manifested (saguna) form can reveal the all-pervasive supreme reality that underlies conflict and cosmos alike.
Like the Liṅga, which signifies the limitless Pati beyond form while being worshiped in form, the ‘all-made lion’ is a saguna epiphany that directs the mind to the formless, all-pervading sovereignty of Shiva who contains and transcends the universe.
A practical takeaway is jaganmaya-dhyāna—meditating on Shiva as all-pervading while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and offering bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) as a reminder that all forms arise and dissolve in the Lord.