Shloka 60

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

सुपूजितं देवगणैर्महात्मभि: शिवादिभिर्भारत पुण्यकर्मभि: । रराज तच्चाश्रममण्डलं सदा दिवीव राजन्‌ शशिमण्डलं यथा

Transliteration

supūjitaṃ devagaṇair mahātmabhiḥ śivādibhir bhārata puṇyakarmabhiḥ | rarāja tac cāśramamaṇḍalaṃ sadā divīva rājan śaśimaṇḍalaṃ yathā ||

Translation

Hỡi bậc hậu duệ của Bharata! Khuôn viên ẩn tu ấy—được các đoàn thần linh, các bậc đại hồn như Śiva, cùng những người lập công đức tôn kính phụng thờ—luôn rực sáng không ngừng. Tâu Đại vương, nó chói ngời giữa trời cao như vầng trăng tròn.

Word by Word

• सुपूजितम्: well-honoured
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपूजित (सु- + पूजित, √पूज्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देवगणैः: by the groups of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महात्मभिः: by the great-souled (ones)
• महात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिवादिभिः: by Shiva and others
• शिवादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवादि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुण्यकर्मभिः: by those of meritorious deeds
• पुण्यकर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रराज: shone
• Type: Verb
• Root: √राज्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आश्रममण्डलम्: the hermitage-enclosure/precinct
• आश्रममण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रममण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• दिवि: in the sky/heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शशिमण्डलम्: the orb of the moon
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिमण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (speaker)
• Bhārata (addressed king, Bharata-lineage)
• Śiva
• devagaṇa (hosts of gods)
• āśrama-maṇḍala (hermitage precinct)
• śaśi-maṇḍala (moon-orb)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sustained merit (puṇya) and proper reverence (pūjā) confer a visible ‘radiance’ upon persons and places: a hermitage grounded in virtue and honoured by the divine becomes an emblem of dharma, shining like the moon.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva describes a particular hermitage precinct that is continually resplendent because it is honoured by hosts of gods and by great beings such as Śiva; he compares its splendour to the moon’s disc in the sky, emphasizing its sanctity and renown.