Shloka 9

Rudra’s Cosmic Dance and the Recognition of Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity (Īśvara-gītā Continuation)

Devanagari script

वसानं चर्म वैयाघ्रं शूलासक्तमहाकरम् / दण्डपाणिं त्रयीनेत्रं सूर्यसोमाग्निलोचनम्

Transliteration

vasānaṃ carma vaiyāghraṃ śūlāsaktamahākaram / daṇḍapāṇiṃ trayīnetraṃ sūryasomāgnilocanam

Translation

جو ببر کی کھال پہنے ہوئے ہیں، شُول سے آراستہ عظیم ہیئت والے ہیں، ہاتھ میں ڈنڈا رکھتے ہیں—سہ چشم، جن کی آنکھیں سورج، چاند اور آگ ہیں—میں انہی کا دھیان کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• वसानम्: wearing
• वसानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √वस् (धातु) + शानच्; वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle)

• चर्म: skin, hide
• चर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; (वसानम् इत्यस्य कर्म)

• वैयाघ्रम्: tiger(-skin)
• वैयाघ्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैयाघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; चर्म इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (tiger-skin)

• शूल-आसक्त-महा-करम्: whose great hand holds a trident
• शूल-आसक्त-महा-करम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + आसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √सञ्ज्/सक्त (धातु) + क्त; आ-) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शूले आसक्तः महाकरः यस्य = whose great hand is attached to/holding a trident)

• दण्ड-पाणिम्: staff-in-hand
• दण्ड-पाणिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (दण्डः पाणौ यस्य = having a staff in hand)

• त्रयी-नेत्रम्: three-eyed
• त्रयी-नेत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि नेत्राणि यस्य = three-eyed)

• सूर्य-सोम-अग्नि-लोचनम्: whose eyes are the sun, moon, and fire
• सूर्य-सोम-अग्नि-लोचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (सूर्यः सोमः अग्निः लोचने यस्य = whose eyes are Sun, Moon, and Fire)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic discourse describing Rudra/Śiva’s form within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva
• Trident (Śūla)
• Sun (Sūrya)
• Moon (Soma)
• Fire (Agni)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By portraying the deity as “three-eyed” with Sun, Moon, and Fire as eyes, the verse points to all-pervading awareness that illumines waking, dreaming, and deep-sleep-like states—suggesting a supreme witnessing consciousness behind cosmic functions.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse is iconographic rather than instructional, but it supports dhyāna-yoga: meditators contemplate the Lord’s form (tiger-skin, staff, trident, three eyes) as a symbolic map of mastery over nature (prakṛti), disciplined restraint (daṇḍa), and penetrating insight (agni-like vision).

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Within the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such descriptions of Rudra function as theology of the one Ishvara: Shiva’s cosmic attributes are presented in a Purāṇic framework where sectarian forms converge into a single supreme principle—supporting non-contradiction between Shaiva and Vaishnava devotion.