Shloka 54

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

कोटीशतसहस््नं च दशकोटिशतानि च । रुद्रं नित्यं प्रणमते देवदानवसम्मतम्‌

Transliteration

koṭīśata-sahasraṁ ca daśa-koṭi-śatāni ca | rudraṁ nityaṁ praṇamate deva-dānava-sammatam ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—దేవదానవులచే సమ్మతుడైన రుద్రునకు వాడు నిత్యం ప్రణామము చేయుచుండును—కోటిశతసహస్ర సంఖ్యలలోను, మరల దశకోటిశత సంఖ్యలలోను.

Word by Word

• कोटिशतसहस्रम्: a hundred-thousand crores (a vast number)
• कोटिशतसहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-शत-सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दशकोटिशतानि: ten crores of hundreds (i.e., innumerable hundreds)
• दशकोटिशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-कोटि-शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Shiva)
• रुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• प्रणमते: bows (to), pays obeisance
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• देवदानवसम्मतम्: approved/esteemed by gods and demons
• देवदानवसम्मतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-दानव-सम्मत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Devas
• Dānavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes unwavering devotion and reverence to Rudra (Śiva), portraying him as universally honored—even by opposing cosmic groups (Devas and Dānavas)—and suggesting that steadfast worship is a powerful ethical-religious practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in his discourse, describes continual prostration to Rudra and underscores Rudra’s universally acknowledged greatness by stating that he is revered in immense, hyperbolic numbers and accepted by both gods and Dānavas.