Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 39

उपमन्युतपः-निवारणप्रसङ्गः / Śiva restrains Upamanyu’s tapas (Śiva disguised as Indra)

Devanagari script

अथोपमन्युरानन्दसमुद्रोर्मिभिरावृतः । पपात दण्डवद्भूमौ भक्तिनम्रेण चेतसा

Transliteration

athopamanyurānandasamudrormibhirāvṛtaḥ | papāta daṇḍavadbhūmau bhaktinamreṇa cetasā

Translation

پھر اُپمنیو، جو مسرت کے سمندر کی موجوں میں ڈوبا ہوا تھا، بھکتی سے جھکا ہوا دل لے کر لاٹھی کی طرح زمین پر دَندوت گر پڑا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तर-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• उपमन्युः: Upamanyu
• उपमन्युः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• आनन्द-समुद्र-ऊर्मिभिः: by the waves of the ocean of bliss
• आनन्द-समुद्र-ऊर्मिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (आनन्दस्य समुद्रः; तस्य ऊर्मयः)

• आवृतः: covered, enveloped
• आवृतः: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमन्युः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दण्डवत्: like a staff (fully prostrate)
• दण्डवत्: Prakara (प्रकार/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दण्डवत् (अव्यय/तुल्ययोग)
• Form: उपमान-अव्यय (adverbial: ‘like a staff’, prostrate)

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• भक्ति-नम्रेण: with (a mind) humbled by devotion
• भक्ति-नम्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + नम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? (चेतसा सह—नपुंसक), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या नम्रः)

• चेतसा: with the mind
• चेतसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Upamanyu

FAQs

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

It portrays the classical Shaiva mark of grace: when devotion ripens, the heart is flooded with ānanda and naturally expresses itself as total surrender (daṇḍavat), indicating ego-softening and receptivity to Shiva’s anugraha.

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

The verse highlights the devotee’s inner attitude that makes Linga/Saguna worship fruitful—humble, love-filled prostration and mental surrender, through which Shiva is approached not merely by ritual but by bhakti-filled consciousness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Daṇḍavat praṇāma with a bowed mind—performed before the Shiva-Linga while repeating a Shiva mantra (such as the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is the implied practice of embodied devotion and inner yielding.