Shloka 44

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

नष्टादित्ये तथा लोके तमोभूते नगात्मजे । तृतीयं लोचन दीप्त॑ सृष्टं मे रक्षता प्रजा:

Transliteration

naṣṭāditye tathā loke tamobhūte nagātmaje | tṛtīyaṁ locanaṁ dīptaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ me rakṣatā prajāḥ girirājakumāri ||

Translation

మహేశ్వరుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ పర్వతకుమార్తె! లోకంలో సూర్యుడు అదృశ్యమై, అంతటా అంధకారం వ్యాపించినప్పుడు, ప్రాణుల రక్షణార్థం నేను నా జ్వలంతమైన తృతీయ నేత్రాన్ని సృష్టించాను.

Word by Word

• नष्टे: when (it was) disappeared
• नष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (√नश्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आदित्ये: in/when the sun
• आदित्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तमोभूते: having become darkness; darkened
• तमोभूते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमोभूत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नगात्मजे: O daughter of the mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगात्मज
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तृतीयम्: third
• तृतीयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोचनम्: eye
• लोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तम्: blazing; radiant
• दीप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त (√दीप्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सृष्टम्: created
• सृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृष्ट (√सृज्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• रक्षता: by (me) protecting; for the one who protects
• रक्षता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्षत् (√रक्ष्)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रजाः: creatures; subjects
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• गिरिराजकुमारी: O daughter of the king of mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिराजकुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Śiva)
• Nagātmajā / Girirājakumārī (Pārvatī)
• Āditya (the Sun)
• Tṛtīya locana (the third eye)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine power is portrayed as arising for the protection of beings and the restoration of order when the world falls into darkness; authority is justified ethically by guardianship (rakṣā) rather than domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śiva addresses Pārvatī, recalling a time when the sun disappeared and darkness covered the world; to safeguard creation, he manifested his radiant third eye.