Shloka 98

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

समालोक्य स्तुतिं चक्रे प्रेमगद्गया गिरा । योगीनामप्यगम्यन्तं दीनबन्धुं चिदात्मकम्

Transliteration

samālokya stutiṃ cakre premagadgayā girā | yogīnāmapyagamyantaṃ dīnabandhuṃ cidātmakam

Translation

ಅವನನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಪ್ರೇಮದಿಂದ ಗದ್ಗದವಾದ ವಾಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ತುತಿ ಮಾಡಿದನು—ಯೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೂ ಅಗಮ್ಯ, ದೀನಬಂಧು, ಚಿದಾತ್ಮಸ್ವರೂಪನಾದ ಪ್ರಭುವಿಗೆ।

Word by Word

• samālokya: having seen
• samālokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-lok (सम्+आ+लोक् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘समालोक्य’ = having seen

• stutim: praise; hymn
• stutim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (स्तुतिः प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg. fem.)

• cakre: he made/offered
• cakre: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• prema-gadgayā: with a voice choked by love
• prema-gadgayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prema (प्रेम प्रातिपदिक) + gadgada (गद्गद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः); स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन (instr. sg. fem.), ‘गिरा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• girā: by (his) speech/voice
• girā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gir (गिर्/गीर् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• yogīnām: of yogis
• yogīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (योगिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अपि अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• agamyantam: inaccessible (even)
• agamyantam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-gamya (अगम्य कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg. masc.), विशेषणम्; ‘अगम्य’ = not reachable/unknowable

• dīna-bandhum: friend of the poor/helpless
• dīna-bandhum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīna (दीन प्रातिपदिक) + bandhu (बन्धु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः—षष्ठी); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg. masc.)

• cit-ātmakam: whose essence is consciousness
• cit-ātmakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cit (चित् प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (आत्मक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg. masc.), विशेषणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as Pati—the supreme Consciousness (cid-ātman) who is transcendent even to yogic attainment, yet becomes intimately accessible through loving devotion and compassionately protects the distressed (dīna-bandhu).

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

Though Shiva’s highest reality is beyond mind and yogic grasp, the devotee approaches Him through stuti and reverent worship—typical of Saguna practice such as Linga-puja—by which the transcendent Lord is experienced as gracious and near.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Heartfelt stotra-japa and remembrance of Shiva’s compassionate nature; as a practical takeaway, chant the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhakti while meditating on Shiva as cid-ātman.