Shloka 60

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

शूलपाणेर्भगवतो रुद्रस्य च महात्मन: । गिरौ हिमवति श्रेष्ठे तदा भूगुकुलोद्वह

Transliteration

śūlapāṇer bhagavato rudrasya ca mahātmanaḥ | girau himavati śreṣṭhe tadā bhṛgukulodvaha ||

Translation

ହେ ଭୃଗୁକୁଳୋଦ୍ବହ! ଏହା ସେହି ସମୟର କଥା—ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ହିମବତ୍ ପର୍ବତରେ ଶୂଳପାଣି ମହାତ୍ମା ଭଗବାନ ରୁଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ଘଟିଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• शूलपाणेः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलपाणेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलपाणि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हिमवति: in/at Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रेष्ठे: excellent, best
• श्रेष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भृगुकुलोद्वह: O foremost of the Bhṛgu lineage
• भृगुकुलोद्वह: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुकुलोद्वह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Śūlapāṇi
• Himavat (Himālaya)
• Bhṛgu-kula (lineage of Bhṛgu)
• Paraśurāma (implied by the vocative)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds reverence for the Divine (Rudra/Śiva) through honorific epithets and places the discussion within a sacred setting; ethically, it models respectful address, remembrance of holy contexts, and the importance of lineage-honor (addressing Paraśurāma as the foremost of the Bhṛgus).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma begins recounting an event connected with Rudra/Śiva on the Himālaya, addressing Paraśurāma as ‘bhṛgukulodvaha’ and setting the time and place for the ensuing account.