Shloka 43

काम-शक्र-संवादः / Dialogue of Kāma and Śakra

Indra

Devanagari script

यत्र योगीश्वरस्साक्षात्तप्यते परमं तपः । जगाम तत्र सुप्रीतस्सदारस्सवसंतकः

Transliteration

yatra yogīśvarassākṣāttapyate paramaṃ tapaḥ | jagāma tatra suprītassadārassavasaṃtakaḥ

Translation

جہاں خود یوگیشور شیو عظیم تپسیا کر رہے تھے، وہاں کامدیو اپنی بیوی اور وسنت کے ساتھ نہایت خوشی سے گئے۔

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• yogīśvaraḥ: the lord of yogins
• yogīśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (योगिन् प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (ईश्वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (योगिनाम् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sākṣāt: directly; in person
• sākṣāt: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• tapyate: practises austerity; is engaged in tapas
• tapyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (तप् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यवाच्यप्रयोग (he performs austerity / is engaged in tapas)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• suprītaḥ: well-pleased; delighted
• suprītaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-prīta (सु+प्रीत प्रातिपदिक; √prī प्री धातु से क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (सवसंतकः/सदारः)

• sa-dāraḥ: with his wife
• sa-dāraḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/स प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (दार प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: अव्ययीभाव (सह दारैः/दारयुक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (सवसंतकः)

• sa-vasantakaḥ: (Kāma) together with Vasantaka
• sa-vasantakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (सह/स प्रातिपदिक) + vasantaka (वसंतक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: अव्ययीभाव (सह वसंतकेन/वसंतकयुक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakshinamurti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vasanta

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva as Yogīśvara—Pati, the supreme Lord—whose tapas is not born of lack but is a divine means of grace, establishing the sanctity of the place and the primacy of disciplined yoga on the path to liberation.

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

By presenting Śiva as personally present and engaged in tapas, the verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: devotees approach specific sacred places and forms (including the Liṅga) where Śiva’s presence is especially celebrated and worship becomes more inwardly concentrated.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is tapas with yogic steadiness—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with meditation on Śiva as Yogīśvara, supported by sāttvika discipline; if performing ritual, one may add Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa as aids to remembrance.