Shloka 5

दुर्वाससः तपः-प्रभावः तथा देवाः ब्रह्म-विष्ण्वोः शरणागमनम् | Durvāsā’s Tapas and the Devas’ Appeal to Brahmā and Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

य एक ईश्वरः कश्चिदविकारो महाप्रभुः । स मे पुत्रवरं दद्यादिति निश्चितमानसः

Transliteration

ya eka īśvaraḥ kaścidavikāro mahāprabhuḥ | sa me putravaraṃ dadyāditi niścitamānasaḥ

Translation

With a mind firmly resolved, he thought: “That One Lord—the changeless, supremely mighty Master—may He grant me the boon of a noble son.”

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (यत्-प्रत्यय)

• ekaḥ: one, single
• ekaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective qualifying īśvaraḥ

• īśvaraḥ: Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kaścit: some, a certain
• kaścit: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; indefinite pronoun (कश्चित्)

• avikāraḥ: unchanging
• avikāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; nañ-tatpuruṣa (नञ्-तत्पुरुष): a- (नञ्) + vikāra (विकार)

• mahāprabhuḥ: great lord
• mahāprabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; karmadhāraya: mahān prabhuḥ (महान् प्रभुः)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• me: of me, my
• me: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular; enclitic form

• putra-varam: a boon of a son
• putra-varam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; tatpuruṣa: putrasya varaḥ (पुत्रस्य वरः)

• dadyāt: may give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: Optative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• niścita-mānasaḥ: with a resolved mind
• niścita-mānasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niścita + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; karmadhāraya: niścitaṃ mānasaṃ yasya (निश्चितं मानसं यस्य) / ‘with resolved mind’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The aspirant’s saṅkalpa crystallizes around the ‘eka īśvara’—the changeless Lord—anticipating the Lord’s boon-bestowal (putra-vara) as an act of anugraha.

Significance: Affirmation of the one changeless Īśvara is itself a purificatory cognition: it reorients desire (putra-kāmanā) toward dependence on Śiva rather than mere karma.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights niścaya (firm resolve) in approaching Shiva as the One, changeless Lord (Pati). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, grace arises when devotion becomes steady and goal-directed, even when seeking worldly boons.

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

Though Shiva is described as avikāra (beyond change), the devotee seeks His compassionate, accessible lordship—typical of Saguna worship through the Linga—where the transcendent Pati responds to prayer through a manifest form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Make a clear sankalpa (vow) and worship Shiva with focused mind—reciting the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering bilva leaves, and maintaining disciplined devotion, especially on Mondays or Mahashivratri.