Shloka 96

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

दर्शनं चोपमन्योर्वै तपश्चरणमेव च / वरलाभो महादेवं दृष्ट्वा साम्बं त्रिलोचनम्

Transliteration

darśanaṃ copamanyorvai tapaścaraṇameva ca / varalābho mahādevaṃ dṛṣṭvā sāmbaṃ trilocanam

Translation

และยังกล่าวถึงการได้เฝ้าดูอันเป็นมงคลของอุปมันยุ พร้อมทั้งการบำเพ็ญตบะของท่าน; และการได้รับพรเมื่อได้เห็นมหาเทพสัมพะ ผู้มีสามเนตร

Word by Word

• दर्शनम्: seeing/vision
• दर्शनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, conjunction

• उपमन्योः: of Upamanyu
• उपमन्योः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upamanyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Gen./Loc.), एकवचन; here genitive ‘of Upamanyu’ is intended

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक/खलु)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चरणम्: practice/performance
• चरणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, restrictive particle (अवधारणार्थक)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, conjunction

• वरलाभः: attainment of a boon
• वरलाभः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-lābha (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्म-तत्पुरुषः ‘vara’ (boon) + ‘lābha’ (gain)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-deva (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘महान् देवः’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (क्रिया—पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive, क्त्वा)

• साम्बम्: Sāmba (Śiva)
• साम्बम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; epithet/name of Śiva (with Ambā)

• त्रिलोचनम्: three-eyed
• त्रिलोचनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-locana (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘having three eyes’; विशेषण of ‘महादेवम्/साम्बम्’

Speaker

Primary narrator in the Purāṇic frame (traditionally Sūta/Vyāsa lineage), describing Upamanyu’s tapas and Śiva’s grace within the Kurma Purana narrative

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Upamanyu
• Mahadeva (Shiva)
• Samba (Shiva with Uma)
• Trilocana (Three-eyed Shiva)

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: it presents divine realization as “darśana” attained through disciplined tapas, implying that higher truth is approached by inner purification and grace rather than mere argument.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Tapas-caraṇa—sustained austerity and disciplined practice—shown as a key limb of the Pāśupata-leaning path in the Kurma Purana, culminating in divine vision and transformation.

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

By placing Śiva’s darśana and boon at the heart of the Purāṇic soteriology, it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic stance: devotion and discipline directed to Īśvara (here Śiva) function within a broader, non-sectarian framework.