Shloka 8

Kirātāvatāra, Durvāsā-upākhyāna, and the Logic of Divine Rescue

Kirātākhyam-avatāra; Pāṇḍava-prasaṅga

Devanagari script

द्रौपद्या च स्मृतः कृष्ण आगतस्तत्क्षणादपि । शाकं च भक्षयित्वा तु तेषां तृप्तिं समादधत्

Transliteration

draupadyā ca smṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa āgatastatkṣaṇādapi | śākaṃ ca bhakṣayitvā tu teṣāṃ tṛptiṃ samādadhat

Translation

ദ്രൗപദി കൃഷ്ണനെ സ്മരിച്ച ഉടനെ അവൻ അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ എത്തി; ആ ശാകം ഭുജിച്ച് അവരൊക്കെയും പൂർണ്ണ തൃപ്തിയിലാക്കി.

Word by Word

• द्रौपद्या: by Draupadī
• द्रौपद्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्मृतः: was remembered (invoked)
• स्मृतः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used predicatively: ‘was remembered/called to mind’

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आगतः: came
• आगतः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु with आ-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used as finite sense: ‘came/has come’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक used as compound-member (समासपूर्वपद)

• क्षणात्: from that moment, instantly
• क्षणात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान/कालार्थ (from/within a moment)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• शाकम्: vegetable dish, greens
• शाकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• भक्षयित्वा: having eaten
• भक्षयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: भक्ष् (to eat)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction, satiation
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• समादधत्: he brought about, he caused
• समादधत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: ‘he bestowed/produced/caused’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Draupadi
• Krishna

FAQs

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

It highlights the Purāṇic principle that sincere remembrance (smaraṇa) immediately draws divine grace; in a Śaiva reading, this mirrors how the devotee’s single-pointed turning toward Pati (the Lord) dissolves lack and fear through anugraha (grace).

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

Though the episode names Kṛṣṇa, the Shiva Purana uses such narratives to reinforce Saguna worship: when the Lord is invoked with faith, he becomes present and completes what is lacking—just as Linga-pūjā externalizes focused devotion and invites the Lord’s tangible favor.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice nāma-smaraṇa—especially the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with steady attention; a simple offering (naivedya) made in devotion is taught to become spiritually complete through the Lord’s grace.