Shloka 26

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

ततः स्मयन्ती पाणिभ्यां नर्मार्थ चारुहासिनी । हरनेत्रे शुभे देवी सहसा सा समावृणोत्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ smayantī pāṇibhyāṁ narmārthaṁ cāru-hāsinī | hara-netre śubhe devī sahasā sā samāvṛṇot ||

Translation

そののち彼女は微笑み、艶やかで戯れるような笑いをたたえつつ、女神はふいに両手でハラ（Hara）の吉祥なる両眼を覆った――まるで戯れのように。

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Adverb (ablatival sense: 'from that/then')

• स्मयन्ती: smiling
• स्मयन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मयत् (स्मि धातु)
• Form: Present active participle, feminine nominative singular

• पाणिभ्याम्: with (her) two hands
• पाणिभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine (also used as m./n.), instrumental dual

• नर्मार्थम्: for play/jest; in jest
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मार्थ
• Form: Masculine accusative singular (adverbial use)

• चारुहासिनी: she who has a lovely smile
• चारुहासिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारुहासिनी
• Form: Feminine nominative singular

• हरनेत्रे: Hara's two eyes (Śiva's eyes)
• हरनेत्रे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरनेत्र
• Form: Neuter accusative dual

• शुभे: auspicious; beautiful
• शुभे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter accusative dual

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine nominative singular

• सहसा: suddenly; quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा
• Form: Adverb

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine nominative singular

• समावृणोत्: covered; veiled; closed over
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + वृ (वृणोति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Hara’s eyes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even acts done in play can have real effects; therefore one should act with awareness of consequences. The verse hints at the ethical principle that intention (jest) does not fully cancel responsibility for outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that the Goddess, smiling playfully, suddenly covers Śiva’s two eyes with her hands—an intimate, sportive gesture that sets up subsequent events in the story.