Shloka 22

बाणस्य शोकः शिवस्मरणं च — Bāṇa’s Grief and the Turn to Śiva-Remembrance

Devanagari script

कृता मयि कृपातीव कृपासागर शंकर । गर्वोपहारितस्सर्वः प्रसन्नेन मम प्रभो

Transliteration

kṛtā mayi kṛpātīva kṛpāsāgara śaṃkara | garvopahāritassarvaḥ prasannena mama prabho

Translation

O Śaṅkara, ocean of compassion! You have shown abundant grace toward me. By Your gracious favor, O my Lord, all my pride has been taken away.

Word by Word

• kṛtā: done, made (shown)
• kṛtā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• mayi: in/unto me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛpā: compassion
• kṛpā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• iva: as if, like
• iva: Sambandha-bodhaka (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• kṛpā-sāgara: O ocean of compassion
• kṛpā-sāgara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: कृपायाः सागरः

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• garva-upahāritaḥ: whose pride has been removed
• garva-upahāritaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्व + उपहृत (कृदन्त; √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); भूतकृदन्त ‘उपहृत’ = taken away/removed; समासः: गर्वः उपहृतः यस्य सः

• sarvaḥ: entire, wholly
• sarvaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• prasannena: by (your) graciousness / by the pleased one
• prasannena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण used substantively: ‘by the gracious/pleased (one)’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

A devotee/warrior addressing Lord Shiva (as narrated within Suta Goswami’s Shiva Purana discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Shiva’s anugraha (grace) as the force that removes garva (ego), making the devotee fit for bhakti and liberation—central to Shaiva Siddhanta where Pati (Shiva) frees the pashu (soul) from inner bondage.

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

Addressing Shiva as “Śaṅkara” and “ocean of compassion” aligns with Saguna worship—approaching the Linga as the merciful, accessible form of Pati whose presence purifies the devotee, especially by dissolving pride and fostering surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily Panchakshara japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a humility-vow—offer all achievements to Shiva, perform Linga-abhisheka (water/bilva) as an act of surrender, and contemplate the removal of ego as Shiva’s grace.