Shloka 6

हनूमत्प्रादुर्भावः (Hanūmat-prādurbhāvaḥ) — The Manifestation/Birth of Hanumān as Śiva’s Agency

Devanagari script

तैर्गौतमसुतायां तद्वीर्यं शम्भोर्महर्षिभिः । कर्णद्वारा तथांजन्यां रामकार्यार्थमाहितम्

Transliteration

tairgautamasutāyāṃ tadvīryaṃ śambhormaharṣibhiḥ | karṇadvārā tathāṃjanyāṃ rāmakāryārthamāhitam

Translation

Por intermédio daqueles grandes ṛṣis, a potência de Śambhu foi transmitida à filha de Gautama; e, do mesmo modo, pela via do ouvido, foi implantada em Añjanā, para o cumprimento do propósito sagrado de Rāma.

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• गौतम-सुतायाम्: in (the womb/person of) Gautama's daughter
• गौतम-सुतायाम्: अधिकरण (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Gautama's daughter)

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with ‘वीर्यम्’

• वीर्यम्: seed/energy/potency
• वीर्यम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• महर्षिभिः: by the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: करण (Instrument/Agentive instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• कर्ण-द्वारा: through the ear (ear-channel)
• कर्ण-द्वारा: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial), अर्थे ‘द्वारेण’ = ‘through/by way of’; indeclinable adverbial compound

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अञ्जन्याम्: in Añjanī
• अञ्जन्याम्: अधिकरण (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• राम-कार्य-अर्थम्: for the purpose of Rāma's work
• राम-कार्य-अर्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (for Rāma's task) + तत्पुरुष (for the sake of)

• आहितम्: placed/deposited
• आहितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + धा (धातु) → आहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Past passive participle; agreeing with ‘वीर्यम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shambhu
• Gautama
• Anjana
• Rama
• Maharishis

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): the Lord’s power can be conveyed through enlightened sages and established in a worthy recipient to accomplish dharma. From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, Pati (Śiva) remains the supreme source, directing events for the restoration of cosmic order.

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

The verse presents Śambhu as Saguna—actively guiding the world through purposeful manifestations of His śakti. Linga worship trains the devotee to recognize this same Lord as both transcendent and immanent, whose grace can ‘enter’ life through sanctified channels like sages, mantra, and sacred hearing.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) is implied by “through the ear”: hearing Shiva-kathā and mantra with faith is a primary practice. A practical takeaway is daily recitation/listening of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and Shiva Purana passages as a disciplined form of bhakti and inner purification.