Shloka 18

Satyavrata, Vasiṣṭha, and the Crisis of Dharma: Protection, Anger, and Vow-Discipline

Devanagari script

मिषतां देवतानां च वसिष्ठस्य च कौशिकः । सशरीरं तदा तं तु दिवमारोह यत्प्रभुः

Transliteration

miṣatāṃ devatānāṃ ca vasiṣṭhasya ca kauśikaḥ | saśarīraṃ tadā taṃ tu divamāroha yatprabhuḥ

Translation

While the gods looked on—along with Vasiṣṭha—Kauśika (Viśvāmitra), by the Lord’s command, then ascended to heaven in that very body.

Word by Word

• मिषताम्: of (those) watching
• मिषताम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिष् (धातु) + मिषत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle) मिषत्; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; कर्तरि—‘seeing/looking on’ (of those who were watching)

• देवतानाम्: of the deities
• देवतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वसिष्ठस्य: of Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कौशिकः: Kauśika (Viśvāmitra)
• कौशिकः: कर्ता (कर्तृ/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सशरीरम्: with (his) body / bodily
• सशरीरम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—शरीरेण सह (with the body); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: bodily)

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: कर्म (गत्यर्थे कर्म/Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आरोह: ascend!
• आरोह: क्रिया (आज्ञा/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: who/which
• यत्: कर्ता (कर्तृ/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: कर्ता (कर्तृ/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Vasistha
• Vishvamitra (Kaushika)
• Devas
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights that the highest attainment is ultimately sealed by Pati (the Lord) through grace: even extraordinary tapas bears its final fruit when sanctioned by Shiva, showing the devotee’s upliftment is both effort (tapas) and divine command (anugraha).

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

In Shaiva reading, such “Lord’s command” implies the responsive Saguna Shiva who grants boons and spiritual elevation to sincere seekers; Linga-worship symbolizes approaching that Lord as the accessible form through which grace and liberation-flow are bestowed.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse implicitly affirms tapas supported by Shiva-bhakti—practically expressed through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), disciplined vrata, and purity practices like Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa as aids to steadiness in sadhana.