Shloka 17

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

गिरिशाय प्रशान्ताय यतये चीरवाससे । बिल्वदण्डाय सिद्धाय सर्वदण्डधराय च

Transliteration

giriśāya praśāntāya yataye cīravāsase | bilvadaṇḍāya siddhāya sarvadaṇḍadharāya ca

Translation

ഗിരീശനായ പർവ്വതവാസി പ്രഭുവിനു; പ്രശാന്തനു; ചീരവസ്ത്രധാരിയായ യതിക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ബിൽവദണ്ഡധാരിയായ സിദ്ധനു; സർവ്വവിധ ദണ്ഡധാരിയായ—ശാസനം നിലനിർത്തുന്നവനുമെല്ലാം നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• गिरिशाय: to the lord of the mountain (Śiva)
• गिरिशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रशान्ताय: to the tranquil/peaceful one
• प्रशान्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशान्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• यतये: to the ascetic
• यतये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• चीरवाससे: to the wearer of bark-garments
• चीरवाससे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चीरवासस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• बिल्वदण्डाय: to him who has a bilva-staff
• बिल्वदण्डाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्वदण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सिद्धाय: to the accomplished/perfected one
• सिद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वदण्डधराय: to the bearer of all punishments/authority (all rods)
• सर्वदण्डधराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदण्डधर
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Giriśa (Śiva)
• bilva-daṇḍa (bilva-wood staff)
• daṇḍa (rod of discipline)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames spiritual authority as grounded in inner peace and disciplined renunciation: the revered figure is praised not for worldly power but for tranquility, ascetic restraint, and the capacity to uphold dharma through daṇḍa—symbolic of moral and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta utters a reverential invocation, offering salutations to a mountain-dwelling, ascetic, perfected figure—identified through epithets as Śiva—highlighting his austere marks (bark clothing, staff) and his role as upholder of discipline.