Shloka 16

Naimiṣa-kṣetra-prādurbhāva and Jāpyeśvara-māhātmya — Nandī’s Birth, Japa, and Consecration

Devanagari script

अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं जाप्येश्वरमितिश्रुतम् / जजाप रुद्रमनिशं यत्र नन्दी महागणः

Transliteration

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ jāpyeśvaramitiśrutam / jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ yatra nandī mahāgaṇaḥ

Translation

Et il est encore un autre tirtha éminent, connu par la tradition sous le nom de Jāpyeśvara. Là, Nandī—le grand serviteur de Śiva—récitait sans cesse le japa de Rudra.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “another (thing)”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तीर्थप्रवरम्: the foremost pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थप्रवरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (“best among tīrthas”), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जाप्येश्वरम्: Jāpyeśvara
• जाप्येश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाप्य + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (“Lord of Jāpya/Japa”), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तीर्थप्रवरम् इत्यस्य नाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• श्रुतम्: known/called
• श्रुतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तीर्थप्रवरम्/जाप्येश्वरम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (“so called/known”)

• जजाप: chanted
• जजाप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (mantra/name of Śiva)
• रुद्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनिशम्: unceasingly
• अनिशम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिश (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: “unceasingly/always”)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: “where”)

• नन्दी: Nandī
• नन्दी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महागणः: the great gaṇa (chief attendant)
• महागणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (“great attendant/leader of a troop”), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नन्दी इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker describing tīrtha-mahātmyas within the Kurma Purana’s discourse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Jāpyeśvara
• Rudra
• Nandī

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: by glorifying ceaseless japa of Rudra at a tīrtha, it points to steady one-pointed remembrance (smaraṇa/japa) as a means to inner purification, through which realization of the Self becomes possible.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Japa (repetitive sacred recitation) performed aniśam—continuously. In the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Pāśupata tone, such unbroken mantra-recitation is a core sādhana supporting concentration and devotion at a consecrated place (tīrtha).

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

By placing Rudra-japa within the Kurma Purana’s broader sacred geography, the text normalizes Śiva-devotion inside a Vaiṣṇava-framed Purāṇa, reflecting the Purāṇic synthesis where devotion to Śiva is upheld without contradicting the wider unity of īśvara-tattva.