Shloka 26

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

कल्पान्तदहनाकारं तथा पुरुषविग्रहम् । यत्तद्भार्गवरामस्य क्षत्रियान्तकरं रणे

Transliteration

kalpāntadahanākāraṃ tathā puruṣavigraham | yattadbhārgavarāmasya kṣatriyāntakaraṃ raṇe

Translation

Ese mismo poder tiene la forma abrasadora del fuego al final de un eón, y también puede asumir un cuerpo humano. Ese poder fue visto en la batalla como Bhārgava Rāma (Paraśurāma), el aniquilador de los kṣatriyas.

Word by Word

• कल्पान्त: of the end of an aeon
• कल्पान्त: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पान्त (प्रातिपदिक; कल्प + अन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular (used in compound)

• दहन: of burning/conflagration
• दहन: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular (used in compound)

• आकारम्: form/appearance
• आकारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular; (समासाङ्ग: कल्पान्तदहनाकारम्)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पुरुष: of a man/person
• पुरुष: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular (used in compound)

• विग्रहम्: body/form
• विग्रहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular; (समासाङ्ग: पुरुषविग्रहम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘which/that’ (here linking description)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that’ (correlative to यत्)

• भार्गवरामस्य: of Bhārgava Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• भार्गवरामस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गवराम (प्रातिपदिक; भृगु-वंशज + राम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• क्षत्रिय: of kṣatriyas
• क्षत्रिय: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — genitive plural (used in compound)

• अन्तकरम्: destroyer/ender
• अन्तकरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तकर (प्रातिपदिक; अन्त + कर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषण (qualifying ‘that [form]’)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; the verse identifies a single divine ‘power’ manifesting as kalpānta-fire and as a human avatāra-like embodiment (Paraśurāma), stressing Śiva’s supremacy over cosmic dissolution and historical intervention.

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: kalpa-anta (end-of-aeon conflagration)

Characters & Entities

• Bhargava Rama (Parashurama)

FAQs

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

It presents divine power as both cosmic (like the kalpānta fire that dissolves worlds) and immanent (taking a human form), teaching that the Supreme can act within history to restore dharma while remaining the transcendent Lord.

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

The verse highlights saguna expression—divinity taking a perceivable form for the sake of devotees and dharma—while implying the same boundless, world-dissolving potency that the Linga symbolizes as the limitless Pati beyond name and form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva’s dissolving fire as inner purification, and pair it with japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” praying for the burning away of ego and adharma.