Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्र्यक्ष्णे पृष्णो दन्‍्तभिदे वामनाय शिवाय च । याम्यायाव्यक्तरूपाय सद्वृत्ते शड़कराय च

Transliteration

tryakṣṇe pṛśno dantabhide vāmanāya śivāya ca | yāmyāyāvyaktarūpāya sadvṛtte śaṅkarāya ca

Translation

Saṁvarta said: “(Obeisance) to the three-eyed Lord; to the speckled one; to the breaker of the demon’s tooth; to Vāmana; and to Śiva. (Obeisance) to the Lord of Yama’s quarter; to Him whose form is unmanifest; to the One of righteous conduct; and to Śaṅkara as well.” In context, the verse functions as a devotional litany that gathers multiple epithets into a single act of reverence, presenting divinity as both manifest (with recognizable deeds and forms) and unmanifest (beyond form), thereby grounding ethical life (sadvṛtta) in worship and remembrance.

Word by Word

• त्र्यक्ष्णे: to the three-eyed one
• त्र्यक्ष्णे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पृष्णो: to Pṛṣṇu (a name/epithet)
• पृष्णो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• दन्तभिदे: to the tooth-splitter/breaker of teeth
• दन्तभिदे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तभिद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वामनाय: to Vāmana (the dwarf)
• वामनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शिवाय: to Śiva / the auspicious one
• शिवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• याम्याय: to the southern one / belonging to Yama
• याम्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अव्यक्तरूपाय: to him whose form is unmanifest
• अव्यक्तरूपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्तरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सद्वृत्ते: to the well-conducted / of good conduct
• सद्वृत्ते: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सद्वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शङ्कराय: to Śaṅkara
• शङ्कराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṁvarta
• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Vāmana
• Yama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that dharma and ethical steadiness (sadvṛtta) are supported by devotion: the divine is honored through many names that point to both concrete deeds (mythic epithets) and the transcendent, unmanifest reality (avyaktarūpa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṁvarta is reciting a reverential invocation, stringing together epithets and divine names as a stuti-like passage, situating the ongoing discourse within a sacred, dharma-oriented frame.