Shloka 69

Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha

Devanagari script

यक्ष्यामि परमेशानं विष्णुं पद्मदलेक्षणम् / कथं केन विधानेन संपूज्यो हरिरीश्वरः

Transliteration

yakṣyāmi parameśānaṃ viṣṇuṃ padmadalekṣaṇam / kathaṃ kena vidhānena saṃpūjyo harirīśvaraḥ

Translation

Con muốn thờ phụng Đấng Tối Thượng—Viṣṇu, bậc mắt như cánh sen. Xin cho biết bằng phương tiện nào, theo nghi thức nào, để Hari—Chúa Tể—được tôn thờ viên mãn?

Word by Word

• यक्ष्यामि: I shall worship/sacrifice to
• यक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम-ईशानम्: the supreme Lord
• परम-ईशानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पद्म-दल-ईक्षणम्: lotus-petal-eyed
• पद्म-दल-ईक्षणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying विष्णुम्)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (प्रश्न/Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• केन: by what; with what
• केन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (interrogative)

• विधानेन: by what procedure/rite
• विधानेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• संपूज्यः: to be duly worshipped
• संपूज्यः: Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूज्य (कृदन्त; √पूज् (धातु) यत्/य (gerundive/भाव्य) with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थक भाव्य (ought-to-be)

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरिः के? इति समानाधिकरण (apposition)

Speaker

Indradyumna (the royal devotee, asking the sages/teacher for the correct procedure of worship)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Hari
• Ishvara

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

By calling Viṣṇu “Parameśāna” and “Īśvara,” the verse points to a single supreme sovereignty behind worship—implying the ultimate object of devotion is the highest Lord, the ground of all beings, toward whom ritual is directed.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse foregrounds vidhi (disciplined method) and saṃpūjā (complete worship), which in the Kurma Purana aligns outer ritual with inner concentration—regulated practice, purity, and focused remembrance of the lotus-eyed Lord as a devotional form of yogic steadiness.

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

Using the universal title “Īśvara/Parameśāna” for Viṣṇu reflects the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology, where supreme lordship is one—supporting a non-sectarian reading in which Shaiva and Vaishnava language converges on the same highest reality.