Shloka 28

Yatinātha-līlā: Śiva’s Test of the Bhilla Devotees at Arbuda Mountain

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे तृ० शतरुद्रसंहि० यतिनाथब्रह्महंसाह्वयशिवावतारचरितवर्णनं नामाष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛ0 śatarudrasaṃhi0 yatināthabrahmahaṃsāhvayaśivāvatāracaritavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีศิวมหาปุราณะ ภาคที่สาม ศตรุทรสังหิตา บทที่ยี่สิบแปด อันมีชื่อว่า “พรรณนาจริยาวัตรแห่งอวตารพระศิวะที่รู้จักว่า ยตินาถ (เรียกว่าพรหมหงส์)” ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: समाप्ति/उद्धरण-निपात (closing/quotative particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूह (श्रीमान् शिवः; महत् पुराणम्)

• तृतीयायाम्: in the third
• तृतीयायाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); (संहितायाम्) विशेषण

• शतरुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Śatarudra-saṃhitā
• शतरुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (शतरुद्रस्य संहिता)

• यतिनाथ-ब्रह्महंस-आह्वय-शिव-अवतार-चरित-वर्णनम्: the narration of the Śiva-incarnation story called Yatinātha-Brahmahaṃsa
• यतिनाथ-ब्रह्महंस-आह्वय-शिव-अवतार-चरित-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यतिनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्महंस (प्रातिपदिक) + आह्वय (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + अवतार (प्रातिपदिक) + चरित (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (…-चरितस्य वर्णनम्)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-निपात (particle meaning ‘named/called’)

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• अष्टाविंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (अष्टा + विंशतिः = 28)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (closing colophon as narrator to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon only: closes the chapter narrating Śiva’s avatāra as Yatinātha/Brahmahaṃsa; no specific jyotirliṅga-sthala is identified here.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Yatinatha
• Brahmahamsa

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, affirming that the narrative is an authoritative Purāṇic teaching centered on Śiva’s avatāra-līlā, meant to inspire devotion (bhakti) and steady the seeker toward liberation (mokṣa).

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

By naming the topic as Śiva’s avatāra-carita, it frames Saguna Śiva—Śiva with compassionate, knowable forms and deeds—as a legitimate focus for worship, through which devotees approach the transcendent (Nirguṇa) reality of Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a chapter-ending marker, it primarily suggests śravaṇa and manana (listening and contemplation) of Śiva-kathā; devotees may conclude recitation with pañcākṣarī-japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a brief offering to the Liṅga.