Shloka 64

उपमन्युतपः-निवारणप्रसङ्गः / Śiva restrains Upamanyu’s tapas (Śiva disguised as Indra)

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः । ईशानस्स वरान्दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरः

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavānsūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ | īśānassa varāndattvā tatraivāntardadhe haraḥ

Translation

Having spoken thus, that Blessed Lord—radiant like ten million suns—Īśāna, Hara Himself, bestowed boons and then vanished from that very place.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• uktvā: having spoken
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), having said

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; honorific substantive

• sūrya-koṭi-sama-prabhaḥ: whose radiance equals ten million suns
• sūrya-koṭi-sama-prabhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (सूर्य) + koṭi (कोटि) + sama (सम) + prabhā (प्रभा) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying bhagavān; compound sense: sūrya-koṭi-sama = equal to ten million suns + prabhaḥ = radiance

• īśānaḥ: Īśāna (the Lord)
• īśānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (ईशान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; apposition to saḥ/bhagavān

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• dattvā: having granted
• dattvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), having given

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle of emphasis (निपात)

• antardadhe: disappeared
• antardadhe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhā (धा धातु) with antar- (अन्तर् उपसर्ग)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada; antardadhe = disappeared/withdrew within

• haraḥ: Hara (Śiva)
• haraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (हर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; subject-apposition to īśānaḥ

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; the verse narrates Śiva’s radiant epiphany and subsequent antardhāna (withdrawal), a classic Purāṇic pattern of darśana → vara → disappearance.

Significance: Darśana of Īśāna is portrayed as transformative; the Lord’s withdrawal teaches that divine presence is not limited to gross visibility and invites inner contemplation.

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Epiphany (divya-darśana) followed by antardhāna (self-concealment)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva as Pati (the Sovereign Lord) who reveals Himself in a tangible, radiant form to bless devotees, and then withdraws—teaching that divine grace (anugraha) may be momentary in appearance yet transformative in liberation-oriented direction.

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

Śiva appears here in a Saguna, perceivable manifestation (radiance like crores of suns) and then becomes unmanifest; this mirrors Linga worship where the devotee worships a visible sacred form while contemplating the Lord beyond form (nirguṇa) who can withdraw from sensory grasp.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

After receiving Śiva’s grace, the implied practice is steady remembrance and japa—especially the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—so that the devotee remains inwardly connected even when the Lord is no longer outwardly visible.