Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अम्बरीषपरीक्षायां दुर्वासश्चरितम्मुने । प्रोक्तामन्यच्चरित्रन्त्वं शृणु तस्य मुनीश्वर

Transliteration

ambarīṣaparīkṣāyāṃ durvāsaścaritammune | proktāmanyaccaritrantvaṃ śṛṇu tasya munīśvara

Translation

O sage, in the account of King Ambarīṣa’s testing, the conduct of Durvāsā has already been described. Now, O lord among sages, listen as I relate another episode concerning him.

Word by Word

• ambarīṣa-parīkṣāyām: in the test of Ambarīṣa
• ambarīṣa-parīkṣāyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambarīṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + parīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ambarīṣasya parīkṣā); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• durvāsāḥ: Durvāsā
• durvāsāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• caritam: conduct, story
• caritam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carita (प्रातिपदिक; √car से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (to be heard)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• proktam: has been told
• proktam: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (प्र√वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘(it is) told/has been told’

• anyat: another
• anyat: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• caritram: account, episode
• caritram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caritra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śṛṇu: hear, listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• munīśvara: O lord of sages
• munīśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (munīnām īśvaraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Ambarisha
• Durvasa

FAQs

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

It signals a transition to a new teaching-story: the Purana uses the deeds of powerful sages like Durvāsā to highlight that spiritual authority must be guided by humility and dharma, while steadfast devotion remains protected by the Divine.

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

Though the verse is narrative, its intent supports Saguna Shiva-bhakti: the listener is led toward episodes that demonstrate how the Lord actively upholds dharma and safeguards sincere devotees—an experiential basis for Linga worship and personal devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening) and smaraṇa (remembrance): hear sacred stories with faith, and steady the mind with japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a discipline of humility and devotion.