Shloka 30

Diter Vratabhaṅga and Indra’s Intervention

Diti–Kaśyapa Narrative

Devanagari script

तथा हिरण्यरोमाणं पर्जन्यस्य प्रजापतेः । उदीच्यां दिशि राजानं दुर्धर्षं सोऽभ्यषेचयत्

Transliteration

tathā hiraṇyaromāṇaṃ parjanyasya prajāpateḥ | udīcyāṃ diśi rājānaṃ durdharṣaṃ so'bhyaṣecayat

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಅವನು ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯನ ಪುತ್ರ ಹಿರಣ್ಯರೋಮಾಣನನ್ನು ಉತ್ತರ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದುರ್ಧರ್ಷ ರಾಜನಾಗಿ ಅಭಿಷೇಕಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• हिरण्यरोमाणम्: Hiraṇyaromā (name; golden-haired)
• हिरण्यरोमाणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य + रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (possessive: 'one whose hair is golden'), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पर्जन्यस्य: of Parjanya
• पर्जन्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उदीच्याम्: in the northern (direction)
• उदीच्याम्: अधिकरण (locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; दिक्-विशेषण (qualifier of दिशि)

• दिशि: in the direction
• दिशि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• राजानम्: as king / king
• राजानम्: कर्म (object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दुर्धर्षम्: hard to overpower
• दुर्धर्षम्: विशेषण (of him)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• अभ्यषेचयत्: anointed (as king)
• अभ्यषेचयत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + सिच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'caused to be sprinkled/anointed')

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the consecrations within the Uma Samhita’s discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: royal abhiṣeka as a stabilizing act within cosmic order

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyaromā
• Parjanya
• Prajāpati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights dharmic order in creation: beings are installed into rightful roles, reflecting Shiva’s governance of the cosmos where harmony arises from proper consecration and responsibility.

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

Directional kingship and protection are functions within Saguna Shiva’s ordered universe; devotion to Shiva (often through the Linga) aligns the devotee with this divinely established order and protection.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to perform Shiva worship with a sense of dik-smaraṇa (remembrance of the directions) and protection—reciting the Panchakshara while offering water and mentally dedicating one’s duties to Shiva’s cosmic order.