Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एतन्मे संशयं देव तपश्चर्या55श्रितं शुभम्‌ । शंस सर्वमशेषेण त्र्यक्ष त्रिपुरनाशन,देव! त्रिपुरनाशन त्रिलोचन! तपस्याके आश्रित शुभ फलके विषयमें मेरा यही संदेह है। इस सारे संदेहका उत्तर आप पूर्णरूपसे प्रदान करें

Transliteration

etan me saṁśayaṁ deva tapaś-caryāśritaṁ śubham | śaṁsa sarvam aśeṣeṇa tryakṣa tripuranāśana ||

Translation

హే దేవా! తపశ్చర్యపై ఆధారపడిన శుభఫల విషయమై నాకు సందేహం కలిగింది. హే త్రినేత్రా, త్రిపురనాశనా! ఏదీ మిగల్చకుండా సమస్తాన్ని పూర్తిగా చెప్పుము.

Word by Word

एतत्this

मेto me / my

संशयम्doubt

देवO god

तपश्चर्या-आश्रितम्dependent on/connected with ascetic practice

शुभम्auspicious

शंसtell, declare

सर्वम्everything

अशेषेणcompletely, without remainder

त्र्यक्षO three-eyed one

त्रिपुरनाशनO destroyer of Tripura

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)

Deva (the addressed deity, i.e., Śiva as Tryakṣa/Tripuranāśana)

Tripura (as referenced in the epithet Tripuranāśana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic inquiry: when uncertain about the fruits and proper understanding of ascetic discipline (tapas-caryā), one should approach the divine/teacher with humility and request a complete, unwithheld explanation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker addresses Śiva by his epithets (Tryakṣa, Tripuranāśana) and asks him to resolve a specific doubt about the auspicious results that arise from ascetic practice, requesting a full and exhaustive answer.