Shloka 39

Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas

Devanagari script

हिरण्यबाहवे तुभ्यं हिरण्यपतये नमः / अम्बिकापतये तुभ्यमुमायाः पतये नमः

Transliteration

hiraṇyabāhave tubhyaṃ hiraṇyapataye namaḥ / ambikāpataye tubhyamumāyāḥ pataye namaḥ

Translation

นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ โอ้ผู้มีกรทอง นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ โอ้เจ้าแห่งทองและความรุ่งเรือง นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ โอ้สวามีแห่งอัมพิกา นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ โอ้สวามีแห่งอุมา

Word by Word

• हिरण्यबाहवे: to the golden-armed one
• हिरण्यबाहवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हिरण्यस्य बाहुः यस्य/हिरण्य-बाहुः ‘golden-armed’; here dative

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हिरण्यपतये: to the lord of gold
• हिरण्यपतये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हिरण्यस्य पतिः ‘lord of gold’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थ

• अम्बिकापतये: to Ambikā’s lord
• अम्बिकापतये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अम्बिकायाः पतिः ‘husband of Ambikā’

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उमायाः: of Umā
• उमायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पतये: to the lord/husband
• पतये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थ

Speaker

A devotee/sage reciting a Śiva-stuti within the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga narrative frame

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Ambika
• Uma

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FAQs

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

By praising Śiva through divine epithets (golden-armed, lord of prosperity, spouse of the Goddess), the verse points to the Supreme as accessible through names and forms—saguṇa devotion that can mature into recognition of the one Self behind all attributes.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse models japa-like repetition of divine names (nāma-smaraṇa) and reverential surrender (namas), which function as foundational bhakti practices that support inner purification and concentration—often treated as preparatory to deeper yogic disciplines in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching stream.

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

Though explicitly a Śiva-salutation, its placement in the Kurma Purana supports the text’s integrative outlook: devotion to Śiva is presented as fully legitimate within a Purāṇic framework that elsewhere harmonizes Śiva and Viṣṇu as expressions of one supreme reality.