Shloka 44

Gṛhapati’s Vow: Turning Grief into Mṛtyuñjaya–Mahākāla Sādhana (गृहपतेः प्रतिज्ञा—मृत्युंजय-महाकालजपः)

Devanagari script

उन्मील्य नेत्रकमले सुप्ते इव दिनक्षये । अपश्यदग्रे चोत्थाय शम्भुमर्कशताधिकम्

Transliteration

unmīlya netrakamale supte iva dinakṣaye | apaśyadagre cotthāya śambhumarkaśatādhikam

Translation

Opening his lotus-like eyes, as though waking at day’s end, he rose and beheld before him Śambhu—Lord Śiva—whose splendour surpassed that of a hundred suns.

Word by Word

• उन्मील्य: having opened
• उन्मील्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √मील् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable gerund)

• नेत्रकमले: the two lotus-eyes
• नेत्रकमले: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र + कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) द्विवचन (Dual); ‘lotus-like eyes’

• सुप्ते: asleep/closed
• सुप्ते: Karma-anvaya (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘eyes’)

• इव: as if
• इव: Upamana-marker (उपमान-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय

• दिनक्षये: at day’s end
• दिनक्षये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (adverbial locative used as indeclinable); ‘in front’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• अर्कशताधिकम्: exceeding a hundred suns (in brilliance)
• अर्कशताधिकम्: Karma-anvaya (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क + शत + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘Śambhu’ as ‘more than a hundred suns’—adjectival neuter used predicatively)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse depicts an inner awakening—like waking from sleep—culminating in darśana of Śambhu as overwhelming divine Light, indicating the soul’s turning from limitation toward the supreme Pati (Lord).

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

It emphasizes Saguna Śiva experienced in a perceivable, radiant form (tejas). In Linga-worship, the same reality is approached through a sacred symbol; in darśana, that worship matures into direct experience of the Lord’s presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as jyoti (divine light) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” visualizing the mind ‘opening its lotus-eyes’ to behold Śambhu’s splendour.