Shloka 20

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

दारयेद्यन्महीं कृत्स्नां शोषयेद्यन्महोदधिम् । पातयेदखिलं ज्योतिश्चक्रं यन्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

dārayedyanmahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śoṣayedyanmahodadhim | pātayedakhilaṃ jyotiścakraṃ yannātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

その御力は全大地を裂き、大海を干し、あらゆる光明の輪をも落とし得る——これに疑いはない。

Word by Word

• dārayet: would split / could tear
• dārayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• yat: which (one)
• yat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक relative pronoun

• mahīm: the earth
• mahīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛtsnām: entire, whole
• kṛtsnām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) of mahīm

• śoṣayet: would dry up
• śoṣayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śuṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yat: which (one)
• yat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• mahā-udadhiṃ: the great ocean
• mahā-udadhiṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘महान् उदधिः’)

• pātayet: would cause to fall / would cast down
• pātayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘to cause to fall’

• akhilam: entire, all
• akhilam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of jyotiścakram

• jyotiḥ-cakram: the circle/orb of lights (heavenly luminaries)
• jyotiḥ-cakram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘ज्योतिषां चक्रम्’/‘ज्योतिश्चक्रम्’)

• yat: which (one)
• yat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Implied pralaya-capacity: power sufficient to rend earth, dry oceans, and fell the luminaries (cosmic dissolution potential).

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It proclaims the absolute supremacy of Pati (Lord Shiva): the One whose śakti can uphold or dissolve the cosmos. For the devotee, it redirects fear of worldly forces toward refuge in Shiva as the final ground of reality.

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

Such cosmic sovereignty is contemplated through Saguna worship—especially the Shiva-linga—where the infinite Lord is approached in a stable, worshipable form, enabling bhakti and inner absorption while acknowledging His transcendence beyond all luminaries.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the source and dissolver of the “jyotiś-cakra,” and steady the mind with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), supported by Shaiva marks like bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) as reminders of impermanence and liberation.