Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda, Shloka 108

Tīrtha-Māhātmya Sequence: Sacred Fords, Baths, Gifts, and Śrāddha

Narmadā-Belt Itinerary

Devanagari script

समाधिपर्वदग्धस्तु शंकरेण महात्मना । श्वेतपर्वोपमश्चैव हुताशः शुक्लपर्वणि

Transliteration

samādhiparvadagdhastu śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā | śvetaparvopamaścaiva hutāśaḥ śuklaparvaṇi

Translation

महात्मा शंकर द्वारा समाधि-पर्वत पर दग्ध होकर, हुताश (अग्नि) शुक्ल पक्ष में श्वेत पर्वत के समान हो गया।

Word by Word

• समाधि-पर्व-दग्धः: burnt at (the place called) Samādhi-parva
• समाधि-पर्व-दग्धः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दग्ध (कृदन्त, √दह्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘दग्ध’; समासार्थ: समाधि-पर्वे दग्धः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• शंकरेण: by Śaṅkara
• शंकरेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-हेतु

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (to शंकरेण); समास: महान् आत्मा यस्य/महान् आत्मा (कर्मधारय-प्रयोग)

• श्वेत-पर्व-उपमः: like the white fortnight
• श्वेत-पर्व-उपमः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समास: श्वेत-पर्ववत् उपमः (उपमान-तत्पुरुष)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• हुताशः: fire (Agni)
• हुताशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समास: हुतं अश्नाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष), ‘fire’

• शुक्ल-पर्वणि: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्ल-पर्वणि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समास: शुक्लं पर्व (कर्मधारय); ‘in the bright fortnight’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: समाधिपर्वदग्धस्तु = समाधि-पर्व-दग्धः + तु; श्वेतपर्वोपमश्चैव = श्वेत-पर्व-उपमः + च + एव; शुक्लपर्वणि = शुक्ल-पर्वणि.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Hutāśa (Agni)

FAQs

Who are Śaṅkara and Hutāśa in this verse?

Śaṅkara refers to Śiva, while Hutāśa is a common epithet of Agni (Fire), literally “the eater of oblations.”

What does the comparison to the “White Mountain” suggest?

It conveys a transformation into a luminous, whitened state—an image of intensified purity or radiance produced by Śiva’s action.

Why is “śukla-parvaṇi” (bright fortnight) mentioned?

It frames the event in auspicious lunar time, associating the scene with waxing light and ritual purity, reinforcing the verse’s imagery of whiteness and brilliance.