Shloka 22

अध्याय ४९ — विवाहानुष्ठाने ब्रह्मणः काममोहः

Brahmā’s Enchantment by Desire during the Wedding Rites

Devanagari script

योऽयं ब्रह्मास्तिऽ रजसा विश्वमूर्तिः पितामहः । त्वत्प्रसादात्प्रभो विष्णुस्सत्त्वेन पुरुषोत्तमः

Transliteration

yo'yaṃ brahmāsti' rajasā viśvamūrtiḥ pitāmahaḥ | tvatprasādātprabho viṣṇussattvena puruṣottamaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า พระพรหมองค์นี้ผู้ด้วยรชสเป็นรูปแห่งจักรวาลและได้ชื่อว่าปิตามหะ ย่อมดำรงอยู่ด้วยพระประสาทของพระองค์ และด้วยพระอนุเคราะห์ของพระองค์ พระวิษณุผู้ตั้งมั่นในสัตตวะย่อมเป็นปุรุโษตตมะ

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (appositional noun)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रजसा: by/with rajas (passion)
• रजसा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-भाव (instrument/cause)

• विश्वमूर्तिः: whose form is the universe / universal-formed
• विश्वमूर्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the universe')

• पितामहः: the grandsire (Pitāmaha)
• पितामहः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेष्य

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('your grace'); अपादान-हेतु (source/cause)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य

• सत्त्वेन: by/with sattva (goodness)
• सत्त्वेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-भाव

• पुरुषोत्तमः: the Supreme Person
• पुरुषोत्तमः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('best among men/persons')

Speaker

A devotee addressing Lord Shiva (within Suta Goswami’s narration in Rudrasaṃhitā, Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It teaches that the cosmic functions associated with Brahmā (rajas/creation) and Viṣṇu (sattva/sustenance) operate through Shiva’s anugraha (grace), affirming Shiva as Pati—the transcendent Lord beyond the guṇas.

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

The Liṅga signifies Shiva as the source and support of all deities and cosmic powers; worship of Saguna Shiva acknowledges that even the guṇa-based divine offices of Brahmā and Viṣṇu depend on Shiva’s higher lordship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate surrender (śaraṇāgati) to Shiva through japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering worship with bhasma and devotion, recognizing all powers as flowing from Shiva’s grace.