Shloka 71

Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga

Devanagari script

मूर्तिरन्या स्मृता चास्य दिग्वासा वै शिवा ध्रुवा / यत्र तिष्ठति तद् ब्रह्म योगेन तु समन्वितम्

Transliteration

mūrtiranyā smṛtā cāsya digvāsā vai śivā dhruvā / yatra tiṣṭhati tad brahma yogena tu samanvitam

Translation

อีกปางหนึ่งของพระองค์เป็นที่ระลึกกันว่าเป็นพระศิวะผู้เป็นมงคล มั่นคง และทรงนุ่งห่มด้วยทิศทั้งปวง; ณ ที่ใดพระองค์ประทับ ที่นั่นแลคือพรหมัน อันประกอบพร้อมและประจักษ์ด้วยโยคะ

Word by Word

• mūrtiḥ: form, manifestation
• mūrtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• anyā: another, different
• anyā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) of mūrtiḥ

• smṛtā: remembered, regarded
• smṛtā: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is remembered/considered’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• asya: of him/its
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (m/n), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive, 6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• digvāsāḥ: sky-clad, wearing the directions (naked)
• digvāsāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): दिग्+वासा ‘directions as garment’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (ending -āḥ as nom.sg. m. in -in/-as type usage); विशेषण (adjective)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis/indeed)

• śivā: auspicious
• śivā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhruvā: fixed, constant
• dhruvā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• tiṣṭhati: stands, abides
• tiṣṭhati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• brahma: Brahman, the Absolute
• brahma: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yogena: by yoga, through union
• yogena: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• samanvitam: endowed, accompanied
• samanvitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anu-√i (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘endowed/associated’ (agreeing with brahma/tat)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahman
• Yoga

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

It identifies the Supreme as Brahman itself: wherever the divine presence abides, that locus is Brahman—known not merely as concept, but as a realized reality through yogic steadiness.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes Yoga as the means of integration (samanvaya): through disciplined yogic absorption and steadiness, one recognizes Brahman as present where the Lord ‘abides’—internally as the indwelling reality and externally as the sacred presence.

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

It presents Shiva as an ‘other form’ of the same Supreme, aligning Shaiva imagery (digvāsā) with the non-dual claim that the abiding divine reality is Brahman—supporting the Kurma Purana’s Shiva–Vishnu synthesis.