Shloka 33

Diter Vratabhaṅga and Indra’s Intervention

Diti–Kaśyapa Narrative

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे पञ्चम्यामुमासंहितायां सर्गवर्णनं नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तमोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ sargavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśattamodhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીશિવમહાપુરાણના પંચમ ભાગ ઉમાસંહિતામાં ‘સર્ગવર્ણન’ નામનો તેત્રીસમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative/closure particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the venerable Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: अधिकरण (Location: in)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (उपसर्गवत्/प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (निर्देश्य-निर्देशक/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः: ‘शिवस्य महापुराणम्’)

• पञ्चम्याम्: in the fifth (book)
• पञ्चम्याम्: अधिकरण (Location: in the fifth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative of ordinal)

• उमा-संहितायाम्: in the Umāsaṃhitā
• उमा-संहितायाम्: अधिकरण (Location: in)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘उमायाः संहिता’)

• सर्ग-वर्णनम्: description of the creation (sarga)
• सर्ग-वर्णनम्: विषय/नाम (Title/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्गस्य वर्णनम्’)

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (title marker: ‘called’)

• त्रयस्-त्रिंशत्तमः: thirty-third
• त्रयस्-त्रिंशत्तमः: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘अध्यायः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + तम (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: कर्ता/विषय (Subject: chapter)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Colophon (iti) marks completion; traditional benefit is śravaṇa/paṭhana-phala of sarga-kathā within Śiva Purāṇa, but no specific tīrtha is invoked here.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter on creation, reminding the reader that the teaching is preserved within the authoritative Śiva Purāṇa tradition centered on Śiva (Pati) as the supreme ground of cosmic manifestation.

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

By concluding a chapter on sarga within the Umāsaṃhitā, it frames creation as intelligible through Śiva’s lordship—often approached devotionally through Saguna worship such as the Liṅga, which symbolizes Śiva as both transcendent and immanent.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a chapter-ending marker, it chiefly suggests śravaṇa and manana (listening and contemplation); a fitting practice is to conclude study with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and a brief dhyāna on Śiva as the source of creation.