Shloka 113

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

कण्ठे स्थित्वा तव ब्रह्मन्नन्तर्याम्यहमीश्वरः । सेतिहासपुराणानि सम्यङ्निर्यापयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

kaṇṭhe sthitvā tava brahmannantaryāmyahamīśvaraḥ | setihāsapurāṇāni samyaṅniryāpayāmyaham

Translation

Wahai Brahman, bersemayam di tenggorokanmu sebagai Penguasa Batin (Antaryāmin), Aku—Śiva, Tuhan—akan menampakkan serta menata dengan benar Itihāsa dan Purāṇa beserta riwayat tradisinya.

Word by Word

• कण्ठे: in the throat/neck
• कण्ठे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• स्थित्वा: having remained/situated
• स्थित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having stood/being situated’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• अन्तर्यामी: the inner controller (indweller)
• अन्तर्यामी: Karta (कर्ता; subject/appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर् + यामिन् (प्रातिपदिक); अन्तर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + यामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अन्तरस्य यामी = inner controller)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to अहम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स: with; including
• स: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; ‘with/including’ sense when prefixed to compound in next word

• इतिहासपुराणानि: the Itihāsas and Purāṇas
• इतिहासपुराणानि: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; इतिहासनां च पुराणानां च समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective dvandva)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• निर्यापयामि: I expound/bring to completion
• निर्यापयामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + यापय् (धातु; यापयति-प्रयोजक)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्रयोजक/णिच् (causative) ‘to cause to be completed/expounded’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Śiva as Pati (the Lord) is the Antaryāmī—indwelling consciousness—who empowers even Brahmā’s speech; sacred history and Purāṇic revelation are shown as guided by the Lord’s inner presence, not merely human authorship.

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

While the Liṅga is the accessible Saguna focus of worship, this verse highlights the same Śiva as the subtle Antaryāmī within—showing that outer worship and inner realization converge in the one Lord who reveals dharma through scripture.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as Antaryāmī in one’s own voice and breath—reciting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with mindful speech, truthfulness, and purity, seeing mantra and scripture as Śiva’s power manifest through the throat.