Shloka 25

देवगुरुप्रेषणम्

Himālaya Mission of the Gods’ Preceptor / The Gods Send Their Guru

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा शिवं दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्य नतमस्तकाः । सुकृतांजलयस्सर्वे तुष्टुवुस्तं सुरा हरम्

Transliteration

tatra gatvā śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamya natamastakāḥ | sukṛtāṃjalayassarve tuṣṭuvustaṃ surā haram

Translation

ครั้นไปถึงแล้วเหล่าเทวะได้เห็นพระศิวะ จึงก้มเศียรลงกราบนอบน้อม ด้วยประนมมือเป็นอัญชลี ทุกองค์สรรเสริญพระหระ—พระศิวะผู้ขจัดพันธนาการและทุกข์โศก

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), गम् धातोः, ‘having gone’

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), दृश् धातोः, ‘having seen’

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), प्र√नम् धातोः, ‘having bowed’

• नत-मस्तकाः: with bowed heads
• नत-मस्तकाः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे ‘नतं मस्तकं येषाम्/नतमस्तक’ (heads bowed)

• सु-कृत-अञ्जलयः: (those) with well-folded hands
• सु-कृत-अञ्जलयः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + कृत (कृदन्त, √कृ) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘सुकृतः अञ्जलिः’ = well-formed folded hands

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; √स्तु ‘they praised’

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Darśana and stuti of Hara as Pati is framed as a direct approach for removal of pāśa (bondage) and duḥkha; the devas model śaraṇāgati (refuge) as the doorway to anugraha.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas (Suras)
• Hara

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It presents the Shaiva Siddhanta mood of approach to Pati (Śiva): humility (nata-mastaka), surrender (praṇāma), and devotion (stuti). Such reverent turning toward Śiva is shown as the doorway by which His grace removes pāśa (bondage).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse highlights Saguna-upāsanā—meeting Śiva through visible presence (darśana) and responding with añjali and praise. The same devotional posture applies in Liṅga worship: approaching the manifest symbol of Śiva with reverence and stotra to invoke His anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform darśana with namaskāra and añjali, then offer stuti or japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) in a bowed, surrendered state—treating Śiva as Hara, the remover of inner sorrow and bondage.