Shloka 38

Durgama’s Seizure of the Vedas and the Gods’ Refuge in Yogamāyā (दुर्गमकृतवेदनाशः—योगमायाशरणगमनम्)

Devanagari script

तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यैर्या बोध्यते परमेश्वरी । अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डनायिकायै नमो नमः

Transliteration

tattvamasyādivākyairyā bodhyate parameśvarī | anantakoṭibrahmāṇḍanāyikāyai namo namaḥ

Translation

तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यैः या बोध्यते परमेश्वरी। अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डनायिकायै नमो नमः॥

Word by Word

• तत्त्वम्: the reality / principle
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: (you) are
• असि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• आदि: etc., beginning with
• आदि: Visheshana (विशेषण-भावः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थ/आद्यार्थक (etc., beginning with)

• वाक्यैः: by (the) statements
• वाक्यैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• या: she who
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बोध्यते: is made known / is understood
• बोध्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• परमेश्वरी: the Supreme Goddess
• परमेश्वरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक) [परम + ईश्वरी]
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डनायिकायै: to the mistress of infinite crores of universes
• अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डनायिकायै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त-कोटि-ब्रह्माण्ड-नायिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः: अनन्तकोटि (बहुव्रीहि/संख्याविशेषण-समासभावः) + ब्रह्माण्ड (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + नायिका (head)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• नमः: salutation again
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्त-नमस्कार

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Umāsaṃhitā teaching as a stotra-style praise)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यैर्या बोध्यते परमेश्वरी । अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डनायिकायै नमो नमः

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Lalitā

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: ananta-koṭi-brahmāṇḍa (multiverse sovereignty) as a cosmological vastness statement

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It honors Parameśvarī as the highest Reality—knowable not only by ritual devotion but also by direct inner realization indicated by the Upaniṣadic mahāvākyas—affirming Shiva-Shakti as the supreme ground of liberation.

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

In Śaiva Siddhānta, Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, pūjā) purifies the pashu (bound soul) and prepares it for higher knowledge; this verse complements that path by declaring that the same Supreme is ultimately realized as Parameśvarī, the cosmic sovereign, beyond limited conceptions.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa of Shiva-Shakti mantras (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady contemplation on the mahāvākya-style meaning—seeing the Self as dependent on and illumined by the Supreme—fits the verse’s intent; it supports bhakti leading toward jñāna.