Shloka 3

Śiva-darśana through Tapas and Stuti (उपमन्यु–कृष्ण संवादः)

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति तद्वाक्यं मयोक्त: प्राह शड्कर: । ततो मां जगतो माता धारिणी सर्वपावनी

Transliteration

evam astv iti tad-vākyaṁ mayoktaḥ prāha śaṅkaraḥ | tato māṁ jagato mātā dhāriṇī sarva-pāvanī …

Translation

Nang masabi ko ang mga salitang iyon, sinabi ni Śaṅkara, “Mangyari nawa.” Pagkaraan, ang Ina ng sanlibutan—siya na nagtataguyod sa lahat at nagpapadalisay sa lahat—(si Umā, kabiyak ni Rudra) ay nagsalita nang nakatuon ang isip: “O walang sala, ipinagkaloob sa iyo ng Panginoon ang isang anak na lalaki na ang pangalan ay Sāmba.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'evam astu', 'definition': '“Let it be so”

• an expression of assent/confirmation'}, {'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• marking the end of quoted speech'}, {'term': 'tad-vākya', 'definition': 'that statement/that speech'}, {'term': 'mayā uktaḥ (mayoktaḥ)', 'definition': 'spoken by me'}, {'term': 'prāha', 'definition': 'said

• spoke'}, {'term': 'śaṅkaraḥ', 'definition': 'Śaṅkara (Śiva), the auspicious one'}, {'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'jagato mātā', 'definition': 'Mother of the world (a title of Umā/Pārvatī)'}, {'term': 'dhāriṇī', 'definition': 'the sustainer/supporter (feminine)'}, {'term': 'sarva-pāvanī', 'definition': 'all-purifying

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Jagadambā Umādevī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra
• Sāmba

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights divine confirmation (“evam astu”) and the role of the world-mother as sustainer and purifier, suggesting that blessings and outcomes unfold within a dharmic, divinely supervised moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the speaker’s words, Śaṅkara (Śiva) grants assent. Then Umā, described as the Mother of the world and all-purifying, begins to speak, leading into the account of a boon involving Kṛṣṇa receiving a son named Sāmba.