Shloka 9

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

एतस्या: सलिल मूर्थ्नि वृषाडुक: पर्यधारयत्‌ । गड़ाद्वारे महाभाग येन लोकस्थितिर्भवेत्‌,महाभाग! गंगाद्वार (हरिद्वार)-में साक्षात्‌ भगवान्‌ शंकरने इसके पावन जलको अपने मस्तकपर धारण किया है, जिससे जगत्‌की रक्षा हो

Transliteration

etasyāḥ salila-mūrdhni vṛṣāḍukaḥ paryadhārayat | gaṅgādvāre mahābhāga yena loka-sthitir bhavet ||

Translation

Di Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra), Bhagavān Śaṅkara yang mulia menanggung di atas kepalanya air suci sungai ini, agar keteguhan dan perlindungan dunia tetap terjaga.

Word by Word

एतस्याःof this (river)

सलिलwater

मूर्ध्निon (his) head

वृषाडुकःVṛṣāḍuka (Śiva)

पर्यधारयत्held all around / bore

गङ्गाद्वारेat Gaṅgā-dvāra (Haridvāra)

महाभागO fortunate one

येनby which

लोकस्थितिःthe stability/order of the world

भवेत्might be / would come to be

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gaṅgā (the river)

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a dharmic idea of divine restraint and protection: Śiva contains and bears the river’s waters so that the world remains stable (loka-sthiti). Sacred power is portrayed as beneficial when governed and upheld for universal welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker points to Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra) and recalls that Śiva bore the holy waters of the river on his head there. This serves to emphasize the river’s sanctity and its role in safeguarding and sustaining the world.