Shloka 68

Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits

Devanagari script

कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां वैशाखे मासि सुव्रत / कैलासाच्चाभिनिष्क्रम्य तत्र सन्निहितो हरः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ vaiśākhe māsi suvrata / kailāsāccābhiniṣkramya tatra sannihito haraḥ

Translation

Hỡi người giữ giới nguyện cao quý, vào ngày caturdaśī (mười bốn) của nửa tháng tối (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) trong tháng Vaiśākha, Hara (Śiva) rời Kailāsa và đặc biệt hiện diện tại thánh địa ấy.

Word by Word

• कृष्ण-पक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्ण-पक्षे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (कृष्णः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्य/सु-व्रतः)

• कैलासात्: from Kailāsa
• कैलासात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अभिनिष्क्रम्य: having departed
• अभिनिष्क्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-निस्-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); ‘having gone out/after departing’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय

• सन्निहितः: present, stationed
• सन्निहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-नि-धा (धातु) → सन्निहित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing in a tirtha-mahatmya/dharma narrative frame (Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Shiva)
• Kailasa
• Vaishakha
• Krishna Paksha
• Chaturdashi

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FAQs

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

Indirectly, by presenting Śiva as specially “present” at a sacred time and place, the verse points to the Purāṇic teaching that the one Supreme reality becomes accessible through upāsanā—devotional attention aligned with dharma, time (kāla), and sacred space (tīrtha).

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes vrata-discipline and auspicious timing (caturdaśī in Vaiśākha) as supportive conditions for worship, japa, and dhyāna—preparatory limbs that purify the practitioner and make higher contemplation (including Pāśupata-oriented devotion to Śiva) more effective.

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

With Kurma (Viṣṇu) teaching the efficacy of Śiva’s presence, the text models Shaiva–Vaishnava harmony: devotion to Śiva is affirmed within a Vaiṣṇava narrative voice, reflecting the Kurma Purana’s integrative, non-sectarian theology.