Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 483

Devanagari script

शिवस्य भवने राजन्‌ विष्णोर्याति सलोकताम्‌ | राजन्‌! इसके बाद वह सूर्य, चन्द्रमा, शिव तथा भगवान्‌ विष्णुके लोकमें जाता है

Transliteration

śivasya bhavane rājan viṣṇor yāti salokatām |

Translation

ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦੇ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਭਵਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ ਲੋਕਤਾ (ਸਾਲੋਕ੍ਯ) ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भवने: in the abode/house
• भवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सलोकताम्: the state of being in the same world (salokatā)
• सलोकताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलोकता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• Rājan (the King addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea of sālokya—attaining the same divine realm as a deity—implying that righteous, sanctified living and devotion can culminate in exalted posthumous states and intimate proximity to the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana continues describing the spiritual destinations attained after death; here he states that the subject reaches Śiva’s abode and attains the same world as Viṣṇu, indicating a supreme, auspicious culmination of the journey.