Shloka 9

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

एतस्या: सलिल मूर्थ्नि वृषाडुक: पर्यधारयत्‌ । गड़ाद्वारे महाभाग येन लोकस्थितिर्भवेत्‌,महाभाग! गंगाद्वार (हरिद्वार)-में साक्षात्‌ भगवान्‌ शंकरने इसके पावन जलको अपने मस्तकपर धारण किया है, जिससे जगत्‌की रक्षा हो

Transliteration

etasyāḥ salila-mūrdhni vṛṣāḍukaḥ paryadhārayat | gaṅgādvāre mahābhāga yena loka-sthitir bhavet ||

Translation

Sa Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra), ang mapalad na Panginoong Śaṅkara ay pinasan sa kanyang ulo ang banal na tubig ng ilog na ito, upang matiyak ang katatagan at pag-iingat sa daigdig. Ipinahihiwatig ng pahayag na ito ang kabanalan ng ilog at ang gawang-diyos na isinakatuparan para sa kapakanan ng lahat ng nilalang.

Word by Word

• एतस्याः: of this (river)
• एतस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• सलिल: water
• सलिल: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मूर्ध्नि: on (his) head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वृषाडुकः: Vṛṣāḍuka (Śiva)
• वृषाडुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषाडुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्यधारयत्: held all around / bore
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गङ्गाद्वारे: at Gaṅgā-dvāra (Haridvāra)
• गङ्गाद्वारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गाद्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• लोकस्थितिः: the stability/order of the world
• लोकस्थितिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकस्थिति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might be / would come to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā (the river)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a dharmic idea of divine restraint and protection: Śiva contains and bears the river’s waters so that the world remains stable (loka-sthiti). Sacred power is portrayed as beneficial when governed and upheld for universal welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker points to Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra) and recalls that Śiva bore the holy waters of the river on his head there. This serves to emphasize the river’s sanctity and its role in safeguarding and sustaining the world.