Shloka 11

Sagara-vaṃśa-prasavaḥ — The Birth of Sagara’s Sons and the Bhāgīratha Lineage

Devanagari script

आयुताजित्सुतस्त्वासीदृतुपर्णो महायशाः । दिव्याक्षहृदयज्ञोऽसौ राजा नलसखोऽभवत्

Transliteration

āyutājitsutastvāsīdṛtuparṇo mahāyaśāḥ | divyākṣahṛdayajño'sau rājā nalasakho'bhavat

Translation

大いなる名声をもつ王リトゥパルナ（Ṛtuparṇa）は、アーユタージト（Āyutājit）の子として栄光に名高かった。彼は神聖なる賽（さい）の学の心髄を知り、ナラ王（Nala）の親友となった。

Word by Word

अयुताजित्of Ayutājit

सुतःson

तुindeed

आसीत्was

ऋतुपर्णःR̥tuparṇa

महायशाःgreatly renowned

दिव्याक्षहृदयज्ञःknower of the secret of divine dice

असौhe

राजाking

नलसखःfriend of Nala

अभवत्became

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

Rituparna

Ayutajit

Nala

FAQs

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

It highlights mastery of a powerful worldly skill (here, the inner secret of dice) and frames it within destiny and dharma—suggesting that talents become spiritually meaningful only when guided by right conduct and higher purpose under Pati (Shiva) as the ultimate governor of karma.

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

Though not explicitly about Linga worship, the narrative supports a Shaiva understanding that worldly rise and fall occur within Shiva’s orderly governance of karma; devotion to Saguna Shiva (through worship, mantra, and vrata) steadies the mind amid such fluctuations.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is steadiness and restraint: support daily japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namah Shivaya”) and cultivate non-agitation (śānti) so that skills and circumstances do not bind the mind with pasha (bondage).