Shloka 54

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

सैंहीं समानयन्योनिं बाधते निखिलं जगत् यत्कृत्यमत्र देवेश तत्कुरुष्व भवानिह

Transliteration

saiṃhīṃ samānayanyoniṃ bādhate nikhilaṃ jagat yatkṛtyamatra deveśa tatkuruṣva bhavāniha

Translation

സിംഹിണിയെപ്പോലെയുള്ള ശക്തിയെ ഉണർത്തി, ഈ യോനിജബലം സർവ്വജഗത്തെയും പീഡിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ ദേവേശാ! ഇവിടെ ചെയ്യേണ്ടത് എന്തോ, അത് ഇപ്പോൾ നീയേ ചെയ്യുക; നീയേ പതി—പാശം ഛേദിച്ച് പശുക്കളെ (പശുക്കളായ ജീവികളെ) രക്ഷിക്കുന്നവൻ।

Word by Word

• सैंहीं (saiṁhīṁ): the lion-like (śakti), Saiṁhī

• समानयन् (samānayan): bringing forth, drawing near, summoning

• योनिम् (yoniṁ): womb, source, generative matrix

• बाधते (bādhate): oppresses, torments, obstructs

• निखिलम् (nikhilaṁ): entire, complete

• जगत् (jagat): world, moving creation

• यत् (yat): whatever

• कृत्यम् (kṛtyam): duty to be done, required action

• अत्र (atra): here, in this matter

• देवेश (deveśa): O Lord of the Devas

• तत् (tat): that

• कुरुष्व (kuruṣva): do (imperative)

• भवान् (bhavān): you (honorific)

• इह (iha): here, now

Speaker

Devas (addressing Shiva as Deveśa) within Suta’s narration

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas
• Shakti

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames a cosmic disturbance arising from the yoni (source-power) and calls upon Shiva as Deveśa to restore dharma—mirroring Linga worship where the Linga-yoni signifies Pati (Shiva) presiding over manifest power and re-establishing order.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is invoked as Deveśa and the decisive doer in a crisis—Pati who alone can restrain afflicting forces, sever bondage (pasha), and protect embodied beings (pashus), consistent with Shaiva Siddhanta’s view of Shiva as supreme regulator and liberator.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and divine intervention as the core posture of Pashupata orientation—turning to Pati for removal of obstacles; it implicitly supports protective Shiva-puja/abhisheka for world-appeasement.