Shloka 29

Saṃjñā–Chāyā Upākhyāna: Sūrya-tejas, Substitution, and the Birth of Manu, Yama, and Yamunā

Devanagari script

रूपं निवर्तयाम्यद्य तव कांतं करोम्यहम् । सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वाऽपगतः क्रोधो मार्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः

Transliteration

rūpaṃ nivartayāmyadya tava kāṃtaṃ karomyaham | sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā'pagataḥ krodho mārtaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ

Translation

“Today I shall restrain my form and make it pleasing to you.” Sūta said: Hearing this, the anger of Mārtaṇḍa—Vivasvān, the Sun—subsided.

Word by Word

• रूपम्: form/appearance
• रूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निवर्तयामि: I withdraw/turn back
• निवर्तयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत् (धातु) [निवृत्तौ]
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) — ‘I cause to turn back/withdraw’

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (today/now)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कान्तम्: beautiful/pleasing
• कान्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘रूपम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• करोमि: I make
• करोमि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘श्रुत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (क्रियापूर्वक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having heard’

• अपगतः: departed/removed
• अपगतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) प्रयोगः, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone away/removed’

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मार्तण्डस्य: of Mārtāṇḍa (the Sun)
• मार्तण्डस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्तण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• विवस्वतः: of Vivasvat
• विवस्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘मार्तण्डस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrator); the quoted line is spoken by Vivasvan (Surya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Surya (Vivasvan/Martanda)
• Suta Goswami

FAQs

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

It highlights the dharmic power of self-restraint: when divine radiance is moderated for harmony, anger dissolves—pointing to the Shaiva ideal of mastering krodha and aligning outer expression with inner purity.

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

Like Saguna Shiva compassionately veils infinite power to be approachable through the Linga, Surya here moderates his manifest form—teaching that the Infinite becomes worshippable when power is tempered by grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is krodha-śamana: japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with steady breath and a calm mind, offering one’s heat/anger into Shiva’s presence, cultivating gentleness and restraint.