Srimad Bhagavatam — Saptama Skandha, Shloka 35

Nṛsiṁhadeva Appears from the Pillar and Slays Hiraṇyakaśipu

Devanagari script

निशाम्य लोकत्रयमस्तकज्वरं तमादिदैत्यं हरिणा हतं मृधे । प्रहर्षवेगोत्कलितानना मुहु: प्रसूनवर्षैर्ववृषु: सुरस्त्रिय: ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

niśāmya loka-traya-mastaka-jvaraṁ tam ādi-daityaṁ hariṇā hataṁ mṛdhe praharṣa-vegotkalitānanā muhuḥ prasūna-varṣair vavṛṣuḥ sura-striyaḥ

Translation

جب دیوتاؤں کی بیویوں نے دیکھا کہ تینوں جہانوں کے سر کا بخار بنے ہوئے آدی دَیت ہِرَنیَکَشِپُو کو خود بھگوان ہری نے میدانِ جنگ میں ہلاک کر دیا، تو خوشی سے ان کے چہرے کھِل اٹھے۔ وہ بار بار آسمان سے پھولوں کی بارش کر کے شری نرسِمہ دیو پر پُشپ ورشا کرنے لگیں۔

Synonyms

• niśāmya: having seen
• niśāmya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√śam (शम्/शम्) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form (अव्यय-कृदन्त) meaning 'having seen/observed'

• loka-traya-mastaka-jvaram: the torment (fever) upon the heads of the three worlds
• loka-traya-mastaka-jvaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + mastaka (प्रातिपदिक) + jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Multi-member Tatpuruṣa: 'of the three worlds' (षष्ठी) + 'head' (mastaka) + 'fever/torment' (jvara); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of 'niśāmya'

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म) (apposition to ādi-daityam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ādi-daityam: the foremost demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu)
• ādi-daityam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya: 'primeval/first' + 'demon'; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; in apposition to 'tam'

• hariṇā: by Hari
• hariṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• hatam: slain
• hatam: Karma (कर्म) (as qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (हन्) + kta (क्त) (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies 'ādi-daityam'

• mṛdhe: in battle
• mṛdhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛdh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• praharṣa-vega-utkalita-ānanāḥ: with faces uplifted by the surge of joy
• praharṣa-vega-utkalita-ānanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praharṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक) + ut-√kal (कल्) + ita (इत) (धातु) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi: 'whose faces (ānana) are uplifted/raised (utkalita) by the rush (vega) of joy (praharṣa)'; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies 'sura-striyaḥ'

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'again and again/continually'

• prasūna-varṣaiḥ: with showers of flowers
• prasūna-varṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasūna (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: 'flower-rains' (flowers as the content); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vavṛṣuḥ: they rained down
• vavṛṣuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛṣ (वृष्) (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• sura-striyaḥ: the celestial women
• sura-striyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: 'women of the gods'; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Sura-striyaḥ (wives of the demigods)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the demigods celebrating Narasimha’s victory?

This verse describes the wives of the demigods showering flowers in joy after Hari slays the demon who oppressed the three worlds, showing divine approval of the Lord’s protection of dharma.

Why do the wives of the demigods shower flowers after Hiranyakashipu is killed?

Because Hiranyakashipu was a torment to all three worlds; once the Lord ends his tyranny, the celestial beings express relief, gratitude, and reverence through a traditional worshipful flower-offering.

Practical application of this shloka in modern life?

It teaches trust that oppression and arrogance are temporary, and that aligning with dharma and devotion brings protection—so one should respond to divine grace with gratitude rather than fear.