Shloka 49

दक्षस्य यज्ञप्रवृत्तिः तथा ईश्वरवर्जितदेवसमागमः

Dakṣa’s Sacrificial Undertaking and the Devas’ Assembly without Īśvara

Devanagari script

अथैष भगवान्क्रुद्धः प्रेतावासकृतालयः । वीरभद्रो महादेवो देव्या मन्युप्रमार्जकः

Transliteration

athaiṣa bhagavānkruddhaḥ pretāvāsakṛtālayaḥ | vīrabhadro mahādevo devyā manyupramārjakaḥ

Translation

Then that blessed Lord, angered—whose abode is amid the haunt of spirits and the departed—appeared as Vīrabhadra, Mahādeva, who wipes away and fulfills the Goddess’s wrath.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative)

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); विशेषण

• प्रेतावासकृतालयः: one whose dwelling is made a haunt of spirits
• प्रेतावासकृतालयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत + आवास + कृत + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); बहुव्रीहि: प्रेतानाम् आवासः कृतः आलयः यस्य (whose abode is made a haunt of spirits)

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर + भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); कर्मधारय (vīraḥ bhadraḥ) / नाम

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); कर्मधारय (mahān devaḥ)

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive)

• मन्युप्रमार्जकः: remover of (her) wrath
• मन्युप्रमार्जकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु + प्रमार्जक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (devyāḥ manyuḥ—tasya pramārjakaḥ)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse evokes the Vīrabhadra episode (Dakṣa-yajña dhvaṃsa): Śiva manifests a fierce form to answer Devī’s affront and restore dharma by destroying the arrogant sacrifice.

Significance: Remembrance of Vīrabhadra is held to remove fear and injustice and to protect devotees from hostile forces.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: destructive

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Virabhadra
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as Saguna Pati (the Lord) who assumes a fierce, protective form—Vīrabhadra—to uphold dharma and to transmute Devī’s intense manyu (righteous wrath) into a divinely ordered action, showing that even anger in the divine context serves cosmic balance.

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

Though the verse describes a personal form (Vīrabhadra), it supports Saguna-upāsanā: devotees worship Shiva’s manifest forms as compassionate instruments of grace and justice, while understanding that the same Shiva is ultimately the Linga-reality beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to steady the mind with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and to cultivate inner purification (śuddhi) so that strong emotions are transformed into devotion and dharmic resolve, rather than becoming binding pasha (bondage).