Shloka 67

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

Devanagari script

नमः पिनाकिने तुभ्यं नमो मुण्डाय दण्डिने / नमस्ते वज्रहस्ताय दिग्वस्त्राय कपर्दिने

Transliteration

namaḥ pinākine tubhyaṃ namo muṇḍāya daṇḍine / namaste vajrahastāya digvastrāya kapardine

Translation

นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้ทรงคันศรปิณากะ; นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้ประดับกะโหลกและผู้ถือทัณฑ์. นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้มีวัชระในพระหัตถ์; แด่ผู้ทรงผ้าคือทิศทั้งปวง (ดิคัมพร) และแด่พระผู้มีมวยผมชฎา.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; ‘salutation’ used with dative

• pinākine: to the bearer of Pināka
• pinākine: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (Dative, 4th), Ekavacana; ‘bearer of Pināka (bow)’

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; ‘salutation’

• muṇḍāya: to the shaven-headed one
• muṇḍāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana; epithet ‘shaven-headed’

• daṇḍine: to the staff-bearer
• daṇḍine: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana; ‘staff-bearer’

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; ‘salutation’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Caturthī, Ekavacana (enclitic)

• vajra-hastāya: to the one with vajra in hand
• vajra-hastāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana; samāsa: vajraḥ haste yasya / vajra-hasta = having vajra in hand

• dig-vastrāya: to the sky-clad one
• dig-vastrāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dik + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana; samāsa: diśaḥ vastrāṇi yasya = whose garment is the quarters (sky-clad)

• kapardine: to the one with matted/braided hair
• kapardine: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapardin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana; ‘with braided hair/topknot’

Speaker

A devotee/narratorial hymn within the Kurma Purana’s Śaiva praise section (stotra-style address to Rudra-Śiva)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva
• Pinaka
• Vajra

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

By praising one Lord through many epithets (bow-bearer, ascetic, sky-clad, matted-haired), the verse points to a single Supreme reality manifesting diverse powers and modes—an approach consistent with the Kurma Purana’s tendency to present one Ishvara as accessible through multiple forms.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The titles dig-vastra (sky-clad) and daṇḍin (staff-bearing disciplinarian) evoke renunciation, restraint, and ascetic yogic conduct—outer signs of inner vairāgya and tapas that support Pāśupata-style devotion and meditative absorption in Rudra.

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

Though explicitly addressed to Śiva/Rudra, the Kurma Purana commonly frames such stotras within a broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: the supreme Lord is praised through Śaiva names and yogic attributes without denying the overarching unity of Ishvara honored across traditions.