Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पितामहप्रसादेन ये हताः सव्यसाचिना । सिंहिकायामथोत्पन्ना विप्रचित्तेस्सुतास्तथा

Transliteration

pitāmahaprasādena ye hatāḥ savyasācinā | siṃhikāyāmathotpannā vipracittessutāstathā

Translation

By the grace of the Grandfather (Brahmā), those who had been slain by Savyasācin (Arjuna) were born again—arising from Siṁhikā, and likewise as sons of Vipracitti.

Word by Word

• पितामह-प्रसादेन: by the grace of Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामह-प्रसादेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): पितामहस्य प्रसादः = ‘grace of the grandsire (Brahmā)’

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; relative pronoun

• हताः: slain
• हताः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP); Masculine, Nominative, Plural; agrees with ‘ये’

• सव्यसाचिना: by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिना: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; epithet of Arjuna

• सिंहिकायाम्: in Siṃhikā
• सिंहिकायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अव्यय), sequence marker

• उत्पन्नाः: born/arisen
• उत्पन्नाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पद् (धातु) → उत्पन्न (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP); Masculine, Nominative, Plural; agrees with implied subject ‘(ते)’

• विप्रचित्तेः: of Vipracitti
• विप्रचित्तेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रचित्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Arjuna
• Simhika
• Vipracitti

FAQs

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

It highlights how karmic momentum and divine sanction can lead to renewed embodiment even after death; Shaiva Siddhanta contrasts such cyclical rebirth with liberation attained only through the Lord (Pati) and His grace.

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

The verse underscores that boons and cosmic re-ordering (even by Brahmā) keep beings within saṁsāra, whereas devotion to Saguna Shiva in the Linga form is presented in the Purana as a direct means to seek Shiva’s saving grace beyond repeated births.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to pursue Shiva-upāsanā for liberation—regular japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with bhakti—rather than seeking worldly boons that perpetuate rebirth.