Shloka 60

Devanagari script

वज्राशनिरिव स्थाणोस् त्व् एवं मृत्युः पतिष्यति सूत उवाच इत्युक्तो वीरभद्रेण नृसिंहः क्रोधविह्वलः

Transliteration

vajrāśaniriva sthāṇos tv evaṃ mṛtyuḥ patiṣyati sūta uvāca ityukto vīrabhadreṇa nṛsiṃhaḥ krodhavihvalaḥ

Translation

‘స్తంభంపై వజ్రాఘాతం పడినట్లే, అలాగే మృత్యువు నీపై పడును।’ సూతుడు పలికెను—వీరభద్రుడు ఇలా చెప్పగా, క్రోధవిహ్వలుడైన నృసింహుడు (ప్రతిస్పందించుటకు సిద్ధమయ్యెను)।

Word by Word

• वज्राशनिः: thunderbolt

• इव: like

• स्थाणोः: of a pillar / the immovable one

• तु: indeed

• एवम्: thus

• मृत्युः: Death (personified)

• पतिष्यति: will fall / will strike

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• इति: thus

• उक्तः: having been spoken to

• वीरभद्रेण: by Vīrabhadra

• नृसिंहः: Narasiṁha

• क्रोधविह्वलः: shaken/overpowered by anger

Speaker

Suta (narrator), quoting Vīrabhadra addressing Narasiṁha

Characters & Entities

• Suta
• Vīrabhadra
• Narasiṁha
• Mṛtyu (Death)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Śiva (as Sthāṇu, the immovable Pati) as the power before whom even Mṛtyu is compelled—supporting Linga worship as refuge from fear, karmic reactivity, and mortality-bound consciousness.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By invoking “Sthāṇu” (the unmoving principle), the verse implies Śiva-tattva as the steady Pati beyond change, while wrathful states belong to the pashu-mind; the narrative contrast points to Śiva as the ground that subdues death and agitation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The immediate teaching is restraint of krodha (anger) as a pāśa; in Pāśupata-oriented practice, steadiness (sthāiratā) through japa and Śiva-dhyāna aligns the pashu toward the Pati, weakening fear of Mṛtyu.