Shloka 29

Viṣṇu at Upamanyu’s Āśrama: Pāśupata Tapas, Darśana of Śiva, and Boons from Devī

Devanagari script

स्वागतं ते हृषीकेश सफलानि तपांसि नः / यद् साक्षादेव विश्वात्मा मद्गेहं विष्णुरागतः

Transliteration

svāgataṃ te hṛṣīkeśa saphalāni tapāṃsi naḥ / yad sākṣādeva viśvātmā madgehaṃ viṣṇurāgataḥ

Translation

హే హృషీకేశా, నీకు స్వాగతం. మా తపస్సులు ఫలించాయి; ఎందుకంటే సాక్షాత్తు విశ్వాత్ముడైన విష్ణువు స్వయంగా నా గృహానికి వచ్చెను.

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative function)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-आगत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. used as interjection), एकवचन (singular); संबोधनार्थ प्रयोग (welcome-expression)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन (singular) (enclitic)

• हृषीकेश: O Hṛṣīkeśa
• हृषीकेश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (singular)

• सफलानि: fruitful, successful
• सफलानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण of तपांसि

• तपांसि: austerities
• तपांसि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) बहुवचन (plural) (enclitic)

• यत्: since/because/that
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative particle)

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• विश्वात्मा: the soul of the universe
• विश्वात्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); ‘विश्वस्य आत्मा’

• मद्गेहम्: my house
• मद्गेहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-आधार) + गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); ‘मम गेहम्’

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

• आगतः: has come/arrived
• आगतः: Kriyā (क्रिया; participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); कर्तरि प्रयोग, विष्णुः इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

A host-devotee addressing Lord Vishnu (Hṛṣīkeśa) upon His arrival

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Vishnu
• Viśvātmā

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

By calling Vishnu “Viśvātmā” (World-Self), the verse presents the Lord as the indwelling Self of all beings, not merely a distant deity—implying a panentheistic/non-dual devotional vision where the Supreme pervades the cosmos and can also appear personally.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse foregrounds tapas (austerity/discipline) as a yogic means whose ‘fruit’ is direct divine encounter (sākṣāt-darśana). In Kurma Purana’s broader spiritual frame, tapas supports purification of the senses (Hṛṣīkeśa as ‘Lord of the senses’) and ripens into devotion and realization.

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

While Vishnu is addressed directly, the theological emphasis on the one “World-Self” aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: sectarian forms differ, yet the supreme indwelling reality is one—supporting a harmonizing Shaiva–Vaishnava reading rather than rivalry.