Shloka 7

Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction

Devanagari script

ता वै विभूतयो विप्रा विश्रुताः शक्तयो भुवि / लक्ष्म्यादयो याभिरीशा विश्वंव्याप्नोति शाङ्करी

Transliteration

tā vai vibhūtayo viprā viśrutāḥ śaktayo bhuvi / lakṣmyādayo yābhirīśā viśvaṃvyāpnoti śāṅkarī

Translation

ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ! ഭൂമിയിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഇവ തന്നെയാണ് വിഭൂതികൾ—ലക്ഷ്മി മുതലായ ശക്തികൾ; ഇവയാൽ ഈശാ ശാങ്കരീ (ശങ്കരന്റെ ശക്തി) സർവ്വവിശ്വവും വ്യാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ताः: those (f.)
• ताः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; pronoun nominative plural

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक (emphatic particle)

• विभूतयः: manifestations, powers
• विभूतयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• विप्राः: O brahmins
• विप्राः: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; vocative/nominative plural (address)

• विश्रुताः: well-known, renowned
• विश्रुताः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from श्रु धातु, उपसर्ग वि-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agreeing with विभूतयः/शक्तयः

• शक्तयः: energies, powers
• शक्तयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; nominative plural; apposition to विभूतयः

• भुवि: on earth, in the world
• भुवि: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू; ‘earth/world’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular

• लक्ष्मी-आदयः: Lakṣmī and others
• लक्ष्मी-आदयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘X-ādi’ तत्पुरुष (enumerative: ‘Lakṣmī and others’)

• याभिः: by whom/which (f. pl.)
• याभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; relative pronoun instrumental plural

• ईशा: the Lady, the Goddess (Īśā)
• ईशा: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; nominative singular

• विश्वम्: the universe
• विश्वम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• व्याप्नोति: pervades
• व्याप्नोति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) with उपसर्ग वि-
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• शाङ्करी: Śāṅkarī (consort/power of Śaṅkara)
• शाङ्करी: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाङ्करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; nominative singular; apposition to ईशा

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the sages (Ishvara Gita context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Lakshmi
• Shankari (Shakti of Shiva)
• Isha (Supreme Goddess)
• Shiva (implied via Shankari)

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents the Supreme as all-pervading through Śakti: the universe is penetrated by the Divine via manifest powers (vibhūtis), implying a non-dual pervasion where transcendence expresses itself as immanent energy.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse supports Pāśupata-style contemplation of Īśvara with Śakti—meditating on the Divine not as distant, but as present in recognizable vibhūtis (powers like Lakṣmī and others), cultivating constant remembrance (smaraṇa) and inner absorption (samādhi) through divine pervasion.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

In the Ishvara Gita setting, Lord Kūrma teaches that the Supreme pervades through Śāṅkarī (Śiva’s Śakti), reflecting the Purāṇa’s synthetic stance: the same ultimate reality is spoken of through Śaiva (Śaṅkara/Śakti) and Vaiṣṇava (Kūrma as teacher) idioms without contradiction.