Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

रोमाण्यौषधयो नाथ केशा जलमुचस्तव । गुणास्त्रयस्त्रिनेत्राणि सर्वात्मा पुरुषो भवान्

Transliteration

romāṇyauṣadhayo nātha keśā jalamucastava | guṇāstrayastrinetrāṇi sarvātmā puruṣo bhavān

Translation

O Lord, the hairs upon your body are healing herbs; your matted locks are rain-bearing clouds. The three guṇas are your three eyes. You are the indwelling Self of all, the supreme Person.

Word by Word

• रोमाणि: hairs
• रोमाणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• औषधयः: herbs/medicinal plants
• औषधयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• नाथ: O Lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• केशाः: hair (locks)
• केशाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• जलमुचः: clouds
• जलमुचः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलमुच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘मेघाः’ अर्थे

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गुणाः: qualities
• गुणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• त्रि-नेत्राणि: three eyes
• त्रि-नेत्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि नेत्राणि)

• सर्वात्मा: the Self of all
• सर्वात्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वस्य आत्मा)

• पुरुषः: Person/Being
• पुरुषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn of praise offered to Lord Shiva in the battle context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the cosmic Lord whose presence pervades nature (herbs, clouds) and consciousness (the three guṇas), teaching that all powers and all beings rest in him as sarvātmā, the inner Self.

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

The verse uses Saguna imagery—Shiva’s hair as clouds, his eyes as the guṇas—to help devotees contemplate the formless truth through form; Linga-worship similarly uses a sacred symbol to realize Shiva as the all-pervading Reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as sarvātmā while chanting the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and practice seeing the three guṇas in one’s mind as governed by Shiva’s divine awareness (his three-eyed vision).