Shloka 40

Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany

Devanagari script

प्रविश्य भवनं कृष्ण आशीर्वादाभिवर्धितः / वरासने महायोगी भाति देवीभिरन्वितः

Transliteration

praviśya bhavanaṃ kṛṣṇa āśīrvādābhivardhitaḥ / varāsane mahāyogī bhāti devībhiranvitaḥ

Translation

เมื่อกฤษณะเสด็จเข้าสู่พระราชวัง อันได้รับการเกื้อหนุนด้วยพรทั้งหลาย พระองค์ทรงส่องประกายดุจมหาโยคี ประทับบนอาสนะอันประเสริฐ พร้อมด้วยหมู่เทวีรายล้อม

Word by Word

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund) ‘having entered’ (ल्यप्-आदेश: विश् + ल्यप् → विश्य)

• भवनम्: the palace/house
• भवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• आशीर्वादाभिवर्धितः: increased/strengthened by blessings
• आशीर्वादाभिवर्धितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीर्वाद + अभिवर्धित (कृदन्त; √वृध् (धातु) + अभि- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कृष्णः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• वरासने: on the excellent seat (throne)
• वरासने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘excellent seat/throne’

• महायोगी: the great yogin
• महायोगी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; कृष्णस्य उपाधिः (appositional)

• भाति: shines / appears
• भाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवीभिः: with goddesses
• देवीभिः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), बहुवचन

• अन्वितः: accompanied
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √इ (धातु) (अनु- उपसर्ग) / अन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (महायोगी/कृष्णः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘endowed/attended’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) recounting the scene to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Devīs (goddesses/divine women)
• Mahāyogī (epithet)

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FAQs

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

By calling Kṛṣṇa “Mahāyogī” and describing his radiance, the verse presents the Supreme as inwardly established (yoga-sthita) yet outwardly manifest—self-luminous and sovereign, receiving honor without being dependent on it.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No step-by-step practice is taught in this line; instead, “Mahāyogī” signals mastery of Yoga—steadfast inner absorption and lordship over the senses—consistent with the Kurma Purana’s broader yogic ethos later systematized in its Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis.

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

Though Śiva is not named here, the epithet “Mahāyogī” uses a Shaiva-coded yogic title for Kṛṣṇa, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian method: the same Supreme is praised through both Vaishnava and Shaiva spiritual vocabulary.