Shloka 11

सगरोपाख्यानम् — कपिलकोपः, अंशुमतः विनयः, तथा भगीरथपरम्परा

Sagara Upākhyāna: Kapila’s Wrath, Aṃśumān’s Reverence, and the Bhāgīratha Line

Devanagari script

स तप्यमान: सुमहत्‌ तपो योगसमन्वित: । आससाद महात्मानं त्र्यक्षं त्रिपुरमर्दनम्‌

Transliteration

sa tapyamānaḥ sumahat tapo yogasamanvitaḥ | āsasāda mahātmānaṃ tryakṣaṃ tripuramardanam ||

Translation

เมื่อทรงทนตบะอันใหญ่ยิ่งและประกอบด้วยโยคะแล้ว พระองค์ก็เสด็จเข้าเฝ้ามหาตมัน ผู้มีสามเนตร ผู้ปราบตรีปุระ คือพระศิวะ

Word by Word

सःhe

तप्यमानःperforming austerity; being heated (by penance)

सुमहत्very great

तपःausterity, penance

योग-समन्वितःendowed with yoga (concentration/discipline)

आससादapproached, reached

महात्मानम्the great-souled one

त्र्यक्षम्the three-eyed one

त्रिपुर-मर्दनम्the destroyer of Tripura

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śiva (Tryakṣa, Tripuramardana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that intense tapas, when joined with yogic discipline (focused mind and restraint), becomes a means of approaching the divine; spiritual attainment is portrayed as requiring both effort (austerity) and inner integration (yoga).

What is happening in the narrative?

A practitioner engaged in severe austerities and yoga comes into the presence of Śiva, identified by epithets ‘Three-eyed’ and ‘Destroyer of Tripura,’ indicating a moment of seeking divine audience and potential boon or guidance.