Shloka 59

Ikṣvāku-vaṃśa-prasaṅgaḥ — Genealogy of the Ikṣvāku Line and Exempla of Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

तदारभ्य स पुत्रस्तु विश्वामित्रस्य वै मुनेः । अभवद्गालवो नाम गलबंधान्महातपाः

Transliteration

tadārabhya sa putrastu viśvāmitrasya vai muneḥ | abhavadgālavo nāma galabaṃdhānmahātapāḥ

Translation

その時より、牟尼ヴィシュヴァーミトラの子は「ガーラヴァ」と呼ばれるようになった。首の縛め（ガラの束縛）に因む名であり、彼は大いなる苦行者であった。

Word by Word

• तत्-आरभ्य: from then on
• तत्-आरभ्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आरभ्य (अव्यय, √रभ्)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘from that time onward’ (tatas + ārabhya)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• विश्वामित्रस्य: of Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; appositional to विश्वामित्रस्य

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper name

• नाम: named
• नाम: Viśeṣaṇa-marker (नाम-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (quotative/namely)

• गल-बन्धात्: from the neck-binding
• गल-बन्धात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गल (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘from the neck-bond’

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘one whose austerity is great’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Characters & Entities

• Vishvamitra
• Galava

FAQs

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

The verse marks how a karmic or situational “bondage” (bandha) becomes a defining identity, pointing to the Shaiva Siddhanta theme that the bound soul (paśu) is named and shaped by its bonds (pāśa) until grace and right discipline lead toward liberation.

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

Though the verse is genealogical, it supports the broader Purana framework where tapas and self-restraint mature the seeker for Saguna Shiva worship—often centered on the Śiva-liṅga—through which the Lord, as Pati, loosens the soul’s bonds.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is disciplined tapas with Shaiva orientation: steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple observances like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa can be adopted as supports for restraint and inner purification.