Shloka 15

Description of Cyavana’s Austerity and Enjoyment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे । च्यवनस्य तपोभोगवर्णनं नाम पंचदशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe | cyavanasya tapobhogavarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Padma Purāṇa, bahagian Pātālakhaṇḍa, dalam dialog antara Śeṣa dan Vātsyāyana, pada bahagian mengenai Aśvamedha Rāma—berakhirlah bab kelima belas yang bertajuk “Huraian tentang tapa dan kenikmatan Cyavana.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle) — ‘thus/iti’

• श्रीपद्मपुराणे: in the Śrī Padma Purāṇa
• श्रीपद्मपुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-पद्म-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative) — ‘in the Śrī Padma Purāṇa’

• पातालखंडे: in the Pātāla-khaṇḍa
• पातालखंडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल-खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण — ‘in the Pātāla-khaṇḍa section’

• शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे: in the Śeṣa–Vātsyāyana dialogue
• शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष-वात्स्यायन-संवाद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण — ‘in the dialogue of Śeṣa and Vātsyāyana’

• रामाश्वमेधे: in the (section on) Rāma’s Aśvamedha
• रामाश्वमेधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण — ‘in (the topic of) Rāma’s Aśvamedha’

• च्यवनस्य: of Cyavana
• च्यवनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of Cyavana’

• तपोभोगवर्णनम्: the description of austerity and enjoyment
• तपोभोगवर्णनम्: Karta (Title/topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्-भोग-वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देश (title-nominative) — ‘description of austerity and enjoyment’

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (naming particle) — ‘named/called’

• पंचदशः: fifteenth
• पंचदशः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदश (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘fifteenth’ (qualifying अध्यायः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Title/topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (title-nominative) — ‘chapter’

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (chapter closing formula); within the frame: Śeṣa speaking to Vātsyāyana

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पंचदशोऽध्यायः = पंचदशः + अध्यायः (अः + अ → ओऽ).

Characters & Entities

• Padma Purana
• Pātālakhaṇḍa
• Śeṣa
• Vātsyāyana
• Rāma
• Aśvamedha
• Cyavana

FAQs

Is this shloka a narrative verse or a colophon?

It is a colophon (chapter-ending formula) that identifies the text (Padma Purāṇa), the section (Pātālakhaṇḍa), the dialogue frame (Śeṣa–Vātsyāyana), the thematic subsection (Rāma’s Aśvamedha), and the chapter title (Cyavana’s tapo-bhoga description).

What does “tapo-bhoga” imply in the chapter title about Cyavana?

It indicates a focus on both tapas (austerity/ascetic discipline) and bhoga (enjoyment or lived experience), suggesting the chapter discusses how Cyavana’s spiritual power relates to, contrasts with, or encompasses worldly enjoyment.

How does this verse help readers locate the passage within the Padma Purana?

It functions as a structured locator: Book 5 (Pātālakhaṇḍa) → Śeṣa–Vātsyāyana dialogue → Rāma’s Aśvamedha context → Chapter 15 title, enabling accurate citation and navigation within the seven-khaṇḍa corpus.