Shloka 3

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

नानौषधियुते रम्ये नानापुष्पसमाकुले । अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णे भूतसंघनिषेविते

Transliteration

nānauṣadhi-yute ramye nānā-puṣpa-samākule | apsarogaṇa-saṅkīrṇe bhūta-saṅgha-niṣevite ||

Translation

નારદ બોલ્યા—ભગવન્! નાનાવિધ ઔષધિઓથી સમૃદ્ધ, નાનાં પુષ્પોથી ભરપૂર, અપ્સરાગણોથી ગીચ અને ભૂતસંઘોથી સેવિત એવા પરમ પવિત્ર હિમાલયગિરિ પર ધર્માત્મા દેવેશ ભગવાન શંકર તપશ્ચર્યા કરતા હતા।

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• औषधि-युते: endowed with herbs
• औषधि-युते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औषधि-युक्त
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रम्ये: beautiful, delightful
• रम्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• पुष्प-समाकुले: crowded/filled with flowers
• पुष्प-समाकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्प-समाकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अप्सरः-गण-संकीर्णे: thronged with groups of Apsarases
• अप्सरः-गण-संकीर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्सरस्-गण-संकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भूत-संघ-निषेविते: frequented/inhabited by hosts of beings (bhūtas)
• भूत-संघ-निषेविते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत-संघ-निषेवित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Himālaya
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Apsarases
• Bhūtas
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames tapas (austerity) and dharma as qualities even the highest divine being embodies, and it presents the Himalaya as a sanctified setting where purity, spiritual attainment (Siddhas), and disciplined practice converge—implying that ethical-spiritual excellence is cultivated through sustained restraint and sacred intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a wondrous, holy region of the Himalaya—rich in healing herbs and flowers and inhabited by celestial and spirit beings—and states that Bhagavān Śaṅkara, the lord of the gods and righteous in nature, is performing austerities there.