Shloka 39

Lokapramāṇa–Grahamaṇḍala–Dhruvaloka-vyavasthā

Cosmic Measures and the Arrangement of the Heavenly Spheres

Devanagari script

विराजते परं ब्रह्म यत्र शंभुर्महेश्वरः । त्रिदेवजनकस्वामी सर्वेषां त्रिगुणात्परः

Transliteration

virājate paraṃ brahma yatra śaṃbhurmaheśvaraḥ | tridevajanakasvāmī sarveṣāṃ triguṇātparaḥ

Translation

There shines the Supreme Brahman—Śambhu, the Great Lord—sovereign Father of the three gods, and for all beings transcending the three guṇas.

Word by Word

• virājate: shines / is resplendent
• virājate: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√rāj (राज्-धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• param: supreme
• param: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (पर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying brahma

• brahma: Brahman (Absolute)
• brahma: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), relative adverb (देशवाचक)

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (शम्भु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• mahā-īśvaraḥ: Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• mahā-īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition to śaṃbhuḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा-प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (ईश्वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; karmadhāraya title “Great Lord”

• tri-deva-janaka-svāmī: lord, the progenitor of the three gods
• tri-deva-janaka-svāmī: Karta (कर्ता/subject; epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (त्रि-प्रातिपदिक) + deva (देव-प्रातिपदिक) + janaka (जनक-प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (स्वामिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: trīṇāṃ devānāṃ janakaḥ svāmī (त्रीणां देवानां जनकः स्वामी)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• tri-guṇāt-paraḥ: beyond the three qualities
• tri-guṇāt-paraḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (त्रि-प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (गुण-प्रातिपदिक) + para (पर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: triguṇāt paraḥ (त्रिगुणात् परः) “beyond the three guṇas”

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva Purana teachings to the sages, Uma-samhita philosophical context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It declares Śiva (Śambhu/Maheśvara) as Para-brahman—supreme reality and the ultimate refuge—who is not conditioned by prakṛti’s three guṇas, making Him the giver of liberation (mokṣa) rather than merely worldly boons.

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

Though Śiva is described as beyond the guṇas (nirguṇa), devotees approach Him through saguna forms such as the Śiva-liṅga; the liṅga becomes the accessible symbol through which the transcendent Para-brahman is adored and realized.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as triguṇātīta (beyond sattva-rajas-tamas) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering worship to the liṅga with a mind intent on liberation rather than mere material aims.