Shloka 29

Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha

Devanagari script

निशम्य तस्य वचनं भ्रातरो ऽन्ये मनस्विनः / प्रोचुः संहारकृद् रुद्रः पूजनीयो मुमुक्षुभिः

Transliteration

niśamya tasya vacanaṃ bhrātaro 'nye manasvinaḥ / procuḥ saṃhārakṛd rudraḥ pūjanīyo mumukṣubhiḥ

Translation

Al oír sus palabras, los otros hermanos, de ánimo elevado, respondieron: «Rudra, el artífice de la disolución, debe ser venerado por quienes buscan la liberación».

Word by Word

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/त्वान्त), ‘having heard’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• वचनम्: speech, statement
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भ्रातरः)

• मनस्विनः: strong-minded, wise
• मनस्विनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (wise/strong-minded)

• प्रोचुः: said, declared
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• संहारकृत्: doer of destruction
• संहारकृत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहार + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: संहारस्य कृत्; पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रुद्रः)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजनीयः: worthy of worship
• पूजनीयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: अनीयर्/यत् (gerundive), पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘worthy to be worshipped’

• मुमुक्षुभिः: by those seeking liberation
• मुमुक्षुभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: सन्-प्रत्ययान्त इच्छार्थक धातु-प्रातिपदिक: मुमुक्षु (desirous to be liberated); पुँलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

The other brothers (bhrātaraḥ anye), replying in dialogue

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Mumukṣu (liberation-seeker)
• Saṁhāra (cosmic dissolution)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By directing mumukṣus toward Rudra as “pūjanīya,” the verse implies that liberation is attained through devotion to the highest principle manifest as Rudra—pointing to the Purāṇic view that the Supreme is approached through a personal form revered as the liberating Lord.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse foregrounds upāsanā (devotional worship) as a mokṣa-oriented discipline: honoring Rudra with focused reverence and inner intention (mumukṣutva), which in the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva streams aligns with Pāśupata-style devotion and renunciant aspiration.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It supports the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: even within a Vaishnava frame (Kurma as narrator in broader context), Rudra is affirmed as worthy of worship for liberation—signaling non-competitive unity of divine functions (creation, preservation, dissolution) within one supreme reality.