Shloka 95

Cosmic Manifestation, Mahāmāyā’s Mandate, Varṇāśrama-Dharma, and the Unity of the Trimūrti

Devanagari script

तस्माद् ब्रह्मा महादेवो विष्णुर्विश्वेश्वरः परः / एकस्यैव स्मृतास्तिस्त्रस्तनूः कार्यवशात् प्रभोः

Transliteration

tasmād brahmā mahādevo viṣṇurviśveśvaraḥ paraḥ / ekasyaiva smṛtāstistrastanūḥ kāryavaśāt prabhoḥ

Translation

ஆகையால் பிரம்மா, மகாதேவன் (சிவன்), விஷ்ணு—விச்வேஸ்வரன் பரம்பொருள்—ஒரே பரம ஆண்டவனின் மூன்று திருமேனிகளாக நினைக்கப்படுகின்றனர்; உலகக் காரியத்திற்கேற்ப அவை ஏற்கப்படுகின்றன।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अपादानार्थक-निपातवत्; अर्थे: ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘therefore/from that’

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक: महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् देवः)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विश्वेश्वरः: Lord of the universe
• विश्वेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: विश्व + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य ईश्वरः)

• परः: supreme
• परः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• एकस्य: of the one
• एकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘प्रभोः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• स्मृताः: are remembered/considered
• स्मृताः: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावः: ‘are remembered/are considered’

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘तनूः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तनूः: forms/bodies
• तनूः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• कार्यवशात्: due to the compulsion of action/for the sake of function
• कार्यवशात्: Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कार्यवश (प्रातिपदिक: कार्य + वश)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्/ablatival adverbial), हेत्वर्थे; तत्पुरुष-समास (कार्यस्य वशः → कार्यवश) + तसिल् ‘-āt’

• प्रभोः: of the Lord
• प्रभोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) instructing the sages/Indradyumna-context on the unity of Īśvara

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• Viśveśvara (Supreme Lord)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents one supreme Prabhu/Īśvara as the single ultimate reality, while Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Mahādeva are described as functional manifestations—implying unity at the highest level and diversity only in role-based expression.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

This verse is doctrinal rather than procedural: it supports Īśvara-centered contemplation (Īśvara-dhyāna) by directing the meditator to see the one Lord behind multiple divine forms—an important foundation for Pāśupata/Īśvara-oriented Yoga taught elsewhere in the Kūrma tradition.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Śiva (Mahādeva) and Viṣṇu are not rival absolutes here; they are two of the three tanūḥ (forms) of the one Supreme Lord, differentiated by cosmic function rather than by ultimate essence.