Shloka 35

Commencement of the Upari-bhāga: The Sages Request Brahma-vidyā; Vyāsa Recalls the Badarikā Inquiry and Śiva–Viṣṇu Theophany

Devanagari script

सहस्रचरणेशान शंभो योगीन्द्रवन्दित / जयाम्बिकापते देव नमस्ते परमेश्वर

Transliteration

sahasracaraṇeśāna śaṃbho yogīndravandita / jayāmbikāpate deva namaste parameśvara

Translation

ข้าแต่พระอีศานผู้มีพันบาท ข้าแต่พระศัมภูผู้เป็นที่สักการะของโยคีผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ข้าแต่เทพผู้เป็นสวามีแห่งชัยามพิกา ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ ผู้เป็นปรเมศวรสูงสุด

Word by Word

• सहस्र-चरण-ईशान: O lord with a thousand feet
• सहस्र-चरण-ईशान: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + चरण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सहस्रचरणानां ईशानः/यस्य सहस्रं चरणाः

• शंभो: O Śambhu
• शंभो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• योगीन्द्र-वन्दित: praised by the lords of yogins
• योगीन्द्र-वन्दित: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of संबोधित देव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्दित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—योगीन्द्रैः वन्दितः

• जय: hail!
• जय: सम्बोधन-प्रयोग
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (benedictive interjection)

• अम्बिका-पते: O husband of Ambikā
• अम्बिका-पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—अम्बिकायाः पतिः

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन-प्रयोग (salutatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation particle)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form

• परम-ईश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परम-ईश्वर: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—परमः ईश्वरः

Speaker

A devotee/sage offering an invocation within the Ishvara Gita setting (Upari-bhaga 2.1), praising Shiva as the Supreme (Parameshvara)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Ishana
• Shambhu
• Jayambika (Devi)

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FAQs

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

By addressing Shiva as Parameśvara and “all-pervading” (sahasra-caraṇa), the verse points to the Supreme reality as unlimited and worship-worthy beyond sectarian limitation—consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s vision of one highest Lord.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse does not list techniques, but frames the path through the authority of realized practitioners: Shiva is “yogīndra-vandita,” implying that the highest yogins validate devotion and contemplation of Īśvara as central to Pāśupata-oriented discipline.

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

Within the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara Gita milieu (spoken in a Vishnu/Kurma-centered Purana), this stuti to Shiva as the Supreme supports the text’s synthesis: the one Īśvara is praised in Shaiva language without denying the broader Vaishnava frame.