Shloka 72

विष्णोः स्तुतिः—शिवसतीरक्षावचनम्

Viṣṇu’s Hymn and the Petition for Śiva–Satī’s Protection

Devanagari script

कस्त्वं कोहं च को ब्रह्मा तवैव परमात्मनः । अंशत्रयमिदं भिन्नं सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारणम्

Transliteration

kastvaṃ kohaṃ ca ko brahmā tavaiva paramātmanaḥ | aṃśatrayamidaṃ bhinnaṃ sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakāraṇam

Translation

โอ้ปรมาตมัน! พระองค์คือผู้ใด ข้าคือผู้ใด และพรหมาคือผู้ใด? ตรีภาคนี้เป็นเพียงส่วนที่แยกปรากฏของพระองค์ เป็นเหตุแห่งการสร้าง การดำรง และการสลาย

Word by Word

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative pronoun; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tava: of you
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of emphasis (निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)

• paramātmanaḥ: of the Supreme Self
• paramātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (paramaḥ ātmā); Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• aṃśa-trayam: a triad of portions
• aṃśa-trayam: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśa + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu-samāsa (numeral compound); Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st) / Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; here as predicate-nominative with idaṃ

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun; Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• bhinnam: separate, distinct
• bhinnam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhinna (भिद्-धातु, क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agreeing with idaṃ/aṃśatrayam

• sṛṣṭi-sthiti-anta-kāraṇam: the cause of creation, preservation, and dissolution
• sṛṣṭi-sthiti-anta-kāraṇam: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi + sthiti + anta + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (Multi-member) Tatpuruṣa: sṛṣṭeḥ sthiteḥ antasya kāraṇam (cause of creation, maintenance, and end); Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st) / Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; predicate to idaṃ

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma

FAQs

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

It teaches that the individual self and even cosmic deities are not independent absolutes; all powers of creation, preservation, and dissolution arise from the one Supreme Lord, Shiva, who is the Paramātman.

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

The verse supports Saguna worship as a doorway to realizing the Nirguna truth: the Linga represents Shiva as the Supreme Reality from whom all functional divine roles emerge and into whom they resolve.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as Paramātman while japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), contemplating that all actions and cosmic functions rest in Him; offer worship with bhakti as a practice of surrender.