Shloka 8

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

धरणीं जनयामास मानसीं यज्ञयाजिनीम् स्वधा सा मेरुराजस्य पत्नी पद्मसमानना

Transliteration

dharaṇīṃ janayāmāsa mānasīṃ yajñayājinīm svadhā sā merurājasya patnī padmasamānanā

Translation

સ્વધા—મેરુરાજની પદ્મસમાન મુખવાળી પત્ની—એ મનોજાત (માનસી) ધરણીને જન્મ આપ્યો, જે યજ્ઞયાજિની, યજ્ઞકર્મમાં પ્રવૃત્ત છે.

Word by Word

• धरणीम् (dharaṇīm): Earth, the Sustainer

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa): gave birth to, generated

• मानसीम् (mānasīm): mind-born, mentally produced

• यज्ञयाजिनीम् (yajñayājinīm): devoted to performing sacrifices, a sacrificer

• स्वधा (svadhā): Svadhā (personified oblation/ancestral offering)

• सा (sā): she

• मेरुराजस्य (merurājasya): of King Meru

• पत्नी (patnī): wife, consort

• पद्मसमानना (padmasamānanā): lotus-faced, having a face like a lotus

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Svadhā
• Meru
• Dharaṇī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It grounds Linga-centered Shaiva dharma in the cosmic function of yajña: Earth herself is portrayed as a yajña-performer, implying that worship and offering sustain the worlds under Pati (Shiva) as the ultimate support.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Indirectly, it reflects Shiva-tattva as Pati—the transcendent Lord whose order makes creation stable: even the Earth is oriented toward sacrificial dharma, indicating a cosmos governed by divine intelligence rather than mere material chance.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Vedic yajña (sacrificial offering) is highlighted; in Shaiva reading it aligns with inner offering as well—disciplining the paśu (individual soul) through dharma so pāśa (bondage) is thinned and devotion to Pati matures.