Shloka 40

कामभस्म-प्रार्थना: रत्याः शङ्करं प्रति विनयः / Rati’s Supplication to Śaṅkara regarding Kāma’s Ashes

Devanagari script

जयोग्र मृड सर्वात्मन् दीनबन्धो दयानिधे । जयाविकार मायेश वाङ्मनोतीतविग्रह

Transliteration

jayogra mṛḍa sarvātman dīnabandho dayānidhe | jayāvikāra māyeśa vāṅmanotītavigraha

Translation

Victoire à Toi, ô Très-Élevé ! Ô Mr̥ḍa, Seigneur de bon augure, Soi de tous. Ô parent des affligés, océan de compassion : victoire à Toi ! Ô Seigneur immuable, Maître de Māyā, dont la vraie forme dépasse parole et pensée.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधनार्थे जय-शब्दः (victory! hail!)

• उग्र: O fierce one
• उग्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (addressed epithet)

• मृड: O beneficent one (Mṛḍa)
• मृड: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्व-आत्मन्: O soul of all
• सर्व-आत्मन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वेषाम् आत्मा’

• दीन-बन्धो: O friend of the afflicted
• दीन-बन्धो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘दीनानां बन्धुः’

• दया-निधे: O treasure of compassion
• दया-निधे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘दयायाः निधिः’

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधनार्थे

• अविकार: O unchanging one
• अविकार: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• माया-ईश: O Lord of Māyā
• माया-ईश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘मायायाः ईशः’

• वाक्-मनस्-अतीत-विग्रह: O one whose form is beyond speech and mind
• वाक्-मनस्-अतीत-विग्रह: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अतीत (कृदन्त; √इ ‘gone beyond’) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘वाक्-मनसोः अतीतः यस्य विग्रहः’ (form beyond speech and mind)

Speaker

Parvati (a devotional hymn of praise to Lord Shiva in the Parvati Khanda context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: जयोग्र मृड सर्वात्मन् दीनबन्धो दयानिधे । जयाविकार मायेश वाङ्मनोतीतविग्रह

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as both immanent and transcendent: the inner Self of all (sarvātman) and yet beyond mind and speech (vāṅmanotīta). In Shaiva Siddhanta, this points to Pati (Shiva) as the compassionate Lord who grants grace to bound souls.

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

Though Shiva is said to be beyond conceptual form, devotees approach Him through accessible Saguna worship—such as the Shiva Linga—while remembering His ultimate reality is avikāra (unchanging) and not limited by any image.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is japa with the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and contemplative meditation on Shiva as ‘beyond speech and mind,’ paired with bhakti—approaching Him as dīnabandhu and dayānidhi for inner surrender and grace.