Shloka 10

वीरभद्र-भैरव-आह्वानम् — Invocation of Vīrabhadra/Bhairava for Cosmic Reabsorption

Devanagari script

स्वयं विज्ञापयामास किमत्र स्मृतिकारणम् । आज्ञापय जगत्स्वामिन् प्रसादः क्रियताम्मयि

Transliteration

svayaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa kimatra smṛtikāraṇam | ājñāpaya jagatsvāmin prasādaḥ kriyatāmmayi

Translation

Then he personally submitted his plea: “What here is the cause of my being remembered? Command me, O Lord of the worlds—be gracious to me.”

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: personally; oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्वार्थे (reflexive/emphatic adverb)

• विज्ञापयामास: informed; submitted (a request)
• विज्ञापयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√jñap (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to inform/request’

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular), प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• स्मृति-कारणम्: cause of remembrance
• स्मृति-कारणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘स्मृतेः कारणम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आज्ञापय: command; order
• आज्ञापय: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative ‘command/order’

• जगत्-स्वामिन्: O Lord of the world
• जगत्-स्वामिन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘जगतः स्वामी’; पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• प्रसादः: grace; favor
• प्रसादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done; may it be granted
• क्रियताम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘let it be done/made’

• मयि: in me; upon me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the dialogue; the verse quotes a devotee/supplicant addressing Lord Shiva as Jagatsvamin)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It expresses śaraṇāgati (surrender): the devotee asks Shiva to reveal the inner cause behind remembrance and seeks prasāda, affirming that liberation and right understanding arise primarily through the Lord’s grace.

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

Addressing Shiva as “Jagatsvāmin” reflects Saguna devotion—approaching the Lord as the compassionate ruler who responds to prayer; in Linga-worship, this same attitude is central: offering, requesting guidance, and receiving prasāda.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A direct practice is humble verbal prayer before Shiva (at a Linga or in japa), followed by attentive listening for inner instruction—paired with Panchakshara japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a concrete way to stabilize remembrance.