Shloka 8

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

दिव्यचन्दनसंयुक्तं दिव्यधूपेन धूपितम्‌ तत्‌ सदो वृषभाड्कस्य दिव्यवादित्रनादितम्‌

Transliteration

Nārada uvāca: divya-candana-saṁyuktaṁ divya-dhūpena dhūpitam; tat sado vṛṣabhāṅkasya divya-vāditra-nāditam.

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「牛を旗印とする主（シヴァ）の सभाの殿堂は、天上の白檀で塗られ、天の香の薫香で薫り立ち、神々の楽器の調べが絶えず鳴り響いていた。」

Word by Word

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चन्दन: sandalwood
• चन्दन: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संयुक्तम्: joined/combined (with)
• संयुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धूपेन: with incense
• धूपेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धूपितम्: fumigated/incensed
• धूपितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूप्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तत्: that (hall/assembly)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सदः: assembly hall
• सदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृषभाङ्कस्य: of the Bull-marked one (Śiva)
• वृषभाङ्कस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभाङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वादित्र: musical instruments
• वादित्र: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• नादितम्: resounding (with)
• नादितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva (Vṛṣabhāṅka/Mahādeva/Śaṅkara)
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• divya-candana (celestial sandalwood)
• divya-dhūpa (celestial incense)
• divya-vāditra (divine musical instruments)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights bhakti expressed through sanctity and reverent celebration: the divine presence is approached with purity (sandalwood), auspicious fragrance (incense), and harmonious sound (music), suggesting that devotion is both inner reverence and outwardly ordered worship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing Śiva’s splendid assembly hall: it is richly perfumed and anointed, and it continually echoes with divine instrumental music, portraying Mahādeva’s court as a sacred, radiant gathering place.